Youth was served here on Friday during the opening round of the Fort Dodge Amateur golf tournament. Six competitors navigated gusty winds and quickly-rising temperatures to shoot under par in the 77th annual event’s new Open Division for players under 23 years of age. Owen Sawyer of Cedar ...

Lacee McLaren will be the new assistant athletic director at Iowa Central Community College beginning July 1, the school officially announced in a recent statement. The Iowa Falls High School, Ellsworth Community College and University of Northern Iowa graduate has been at ICCC since 2010, ...

Eddie Doyle knows his life is about to change forever for the better. The pressure of winning a golf tournament will soon pale in comparison to the real-world responsibilities of being a first-time father. For now, though, Doyle is enjoying one final pre-parent summer on the course and making ...

WAUKEE — The No. 7 (Class 1A) St. Edmond softball team again cranked up the competition level on Friday, squaring off with a pair of 5A ranked opponents at the Jack North Classic. The Gaels (13-8 overall) lost to No. 10 Muscatine, 3-1, and sixth-rated Southeast Polk, 13-2. Against the ...

DES MOINES — Fort Dodge baseball coach Blake Utley is hoping his team’s mini-road trip to end the week was successful in more ways than one. The Dodgers (16-9 overall) finished a 12-2 win over Des Moines East on Friday morning in a game that originally started at McNeil Field in Fort ...

The temperatures are going to make it feel like state softball week at the Fort Dodge Invitational beginning Friday. Many of the top teams in the state will be here for the two-day event from the host site of the state tournament, Rogers Sports Complex. The Dodgers, who are ranked eighth in ...