AMES — The Fort Dodge baseball team handed Ames its first loss of the year in conference play here Monday night. The Dodgers won the opener of an Iowa Alliance North division doubleheader, 5-1, with the Little Cyclones rebounding for a 4-3 victory in the nightcap. Royce Pederson drove in ...

The 45th annual Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota golf tournament is expanding its territory. The upcoming two-day event, presented by The Messenger, is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, and Sunday, July 13, at the Fort Dodge Country Club and Lakeside Golf Courses. This year, residents from a ...

ALGONA — The St. Edmond baseball team dropped a North Central Conference doubleheader to Algona here Monday night. Scores were 20-2 in four innings and 16-5 in five. Tate Slagle, who signed with the University of Iowa to play baseball, hit three home runs on the night, including a grand ...

Mariah Myers has hit countless home runs throughout her softball career. The future University of Iowa Hawkeye even has several multi-home run games. But Saturday at the St. Edmond Invitational, the Gael senior accomplished something even she had never done before. Myers hit not one, but ...

MARION — The eighth-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team wrapped up play here Saturday at the Alburnett/Linn-Mar Invitational by placing seventh overall. After falling to No. 5 (5A) Johnston, 11-3, the Dodgers concluded the two-day event with a 5-0 victory over Ankeny. Fort Dodge ...

Audi Crooks received an invitation to tryout for the USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup team — she just didn’t see it. The Bishop Garrigan graduate heard from her coach about the invite and immediately said yes. “The team was invitation only for the tryouts and I didn’t see it in my ...