A championship prize of $100,000 will be on the line the next two nights at Sports Park Raceway, as the XR Rampage series visits Fort Dodge as part of its 2025 stock car circuit. Nearly 200 drivers are expected to compete in the action, which starts on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The pit booth opens at ...

The Fort Dodge boys golf team opened the home portion of their season on Monday at the Country Club. Mason City (163) won the triangular, followed by the Dodgers (176). Waterloo East (211) was third. Mason City’s Michael Solberg and Will Schissel tied for medalist honors, as both shot ...

Led by returning medalist Anthony Valles, the St. Edmond boys cross country team will look to complete a new group that will help get the Gaels back to the state meet. Valles, a senior, placed sixth overall in Class 1A a season ago. He enters his final high school season as the No. 2 ranked ...

The Fort Dodge volleyball team is ready to get to work. With her first season under her belt as head coach, Beth Wilder must replace a strong senior class. She has experience returning, though. “For me as a coach it has been more comfortable this year, knowing the girls more,” Wilder ...

Both the Fort Dodge and Humboldt football teams enter 2025 with lofty expectations on the gridiron. Friday night, the two schools — who are separated by just 17 miles — got together inside the recently-renovated and historic Dodger Stadium for a preseason scrimmage. Nik Moser, a former ...

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net URBANDALE — The Fort Dodge girls tennis team dropped a pair of duals here Friday. The Dodgers fell to Norwalk, 10-1, and Urbandale, 11-0. Picking up the lone win for Fort Dodge was No. 1 Manuela Rodriguez, as the senior downed Logan Geisler of ...