To the editor: Thank you to all who supported the Fort Dodge Federated Garden Club’s recent annual plant/ garage sale. An amazing crowd of enthusiastic shoppers bought a large percentage of our plants during the first two hours. Congratulations to Linda Sorenson, who won the raffle for the ...

To the editor: We take The Messenger and are aware of all the bad choices made by many local young people that will ruin the whole rest of their young lives. It makes me so sad. Perhaps Fort Dodge could set up an office of some sort to counsel and set some of these young folks to a job path ...

To the editor: A few observations about the musical. I had the good fortune to be tricked into reading Hugo’s “Les Miserables” my senior year in high school here. It captivated me and I remember Hugo’s writing, and Miss Thomas with gratitude and affection to this day. So when the ...

To the editor: On behalf of the board of directors and Phyllis Stewart, a big thank you for the write-up The Messenger and staff did on the Webster County Museum. A lot of work still is ahead of those concerned with getting all the items moved to Fort Dodge. Asking businesses and clubs who ...

To the editor: My wife and I took our three children to the newly constructed jetties down by the old little dam. Laughter. Fun. Excitement. All of those words would describe our recent visit to the jetties, not only for our family, but also the other numerous families who were taking ...

To the editor: Our local legislators, Sen. Kraayenbrink and Rep. Meyer, who have been long-time supporters of long-term care, and the rest of Iowa’s legislators must vote to substantially increase Medicaid reimbursement this month or Iowa will see a steeper decline in local access to ...