To the editor: I would like to encourage women to strongly consider placing an unwanted child for adoption vs. obtaining an abortion. I am making the same appeal to the fathers of those babies. Having worked in adoptions in years past, I know firsthand that there were far more couples ...

To the editor: Thank you to the Fort Dodge community for the outpouring of kindness and support for our 17th annual Thanksgiving meal at Fort Dodge Ford Toyota. Again, well over 100 volunteers helped feed over 2,600 meals. They spent their Thanksgiving day helping those in need with a warm ...

To the editor: This year marks AFES’s fifth anniversary of continuing the “Operation Christmas” tradition, now known as AFES Community Christmas. Since taking over this beloved program, we’ve made some changes to better serve our community, yet our mission remains the same: bringing ...

To the editor: There is a quote about change being good. I truly believe that is true, if the change is needed. When it comes to county supervisor, Mark Campbell is the best candidate and an example of don’t fix it if it’s not broken. As a lifelong Fort Dodge resident and family business ...

To the editor: I am a retired farmer. Sixty years ago I helped lobby for the Farm Bureau organization and the Republican Party. I considered myself a moderate Republican and we worked with moderate Democrats. We helped write good laws and it was give-and-take compromise with both parties to ...

To the editor: Flash back to March 2020 ... Christina and I were seven months into married life in a new city. Things couldn’t have been much better and spring was finally starting to spring. Then Rudy Gobert got COVID and everything started to shut down, especially out there on the East ...