To the editor: Fort Dodge Kiwanis held their annual Sandpile project once again after a two year absence. Club members delivered 12.75 tons of sand, plus another 2 tons were delivered to YOUR Inc. Head Start, so nearly 15 tons and close to 40 stops! Special thanks to: • Shimkat ...
The Iowa Biofuels Access bill signed this month gives Iowans more access to E15, a clean-burning, grown-in-Iowa, lower-cost fuel choice. Currently, just 17 percent of Iowa’s fuel stations have access to E15 – also labeled as Unleaded 88; the bill is expected to expand to more than 70 ...
The designation E15 will be turning up at more and more gas pumps across Iowa in the months to come, and that’s a good thing. E15, obviously, is the common name for ethanol that contains 15 percent alcohol from corn and 85 percent gasoline. E15 fuel will be sold at all filling stations in ...
To the editor, I would like to give a huge shout-out to the Fort Dodge Recreation Department. As we continue our outdoor practices, I have noticed that Harlan Rogers has had a tremendous amount of younger kids out on the fields practicing and playing games each night. Not only local kids, but ...
Here’s a headline I would never have thought I’d read in America in 2022: “Iowa families scour stores for baby formula.” But that’s the grim reality today under President Biden. These are the heartbreaking, and infuriating, struggles parents are going through right now thanks to a ...
The annual ritual of high school graduation is upon us. On Sunday, several area schools, including Fort Dodge Senior High, St. Edmond Catholic School, Manson Northwest Webster High School and others, will hold their commencement exercises. Each ceremony is a familiar ritual. Excited ...