When a 737 roars into the sky above Fort Dodge Regional Airport in the pre-dawn darkness today, one of the most unique and heartfelt tributes to area veterans will be back in action. There will be about 130 veterans aboard that plane. They will be going to Washington, D.C., for free to see ...

Fall in Iowa is the season of harvest, pumpkins, orange-colored leaves and, of course, football. On cool Friday evenings and on Saturday afternoons, people from all across the Fort Dodge area gather every fall to watch their local heroes of the gridiron compete. They’ll scream and cheer for ...

The Cargill plant in Webster County is beginning a $50 million growth spurt. When it is done sometime in 2024, the plant will begin making corn syrup for the first time. That will be a nice addition to a product line that already includes dextrose, ethanol, feed for cattle, corn gluten meal ...

Being entrusted with watching over and teaching some of the youngest children in the community is a massive responsibility. It is one the workers in child care centers throughout the Fort Dodge region enthusiastically tackle every day. The work includes hundreds of interactions with the kids ...

It won’t be that long before cooler weather becomes the norm rather than the exception — summer is drawing to a close. Even though the calendar shows another month of summer to be enjoyed, for students, vacation days are ending. All across Iowa, young folks are heading back to school this ...

There is a pair of new white cupboards outside near the City Hall in Otho. One is filled with DVDs and books. The other is filled with canned goods and other non-perishable foods. Neither of them is locked, for that would defeat the purpose of the community’s new Little Free Library and ...