The Fort Dodge girls basketball squad had trouble hanging on to the ball Thursday, and the Dodgers couldn’t dig themselves out of the hole against Iowa Alliance foe Mason City. The Dodgers (6-11 overall, 0-7 in the IAC North) struggled to find any momentum against the Riverhawks (5-12, ...
NEWELL — The streets of Newell and Fonda are quiet. Rural decline has taken a toll on these northwest Iowa towns with main street storefronts shuttered and vacant houses scattered here and there. Yet the heart of these communities separated by nine miles isn’t hard to find. It still beats ...
SPENCER — A new year has brought a surge in pride for the Fort Dodge girls wrestling program. The Dodgers have increased their numbers with a large freshman class, and the youngsters have been putting up big victories all season long. “The (underclassmen) just needs to realize how ...
Adolph Kochendorfer doesn’t typically show a lot of emotion on the basketball court. But the veteran leader of the St. Edmond boys program is sure to do just that over the next several weeks. Kochendorfer, who led the Gaels to their only state championship on the hardwood, announced to his ...
Don Miller will always remember his good friend Jerry Einwalter as the “gold standard” of assistant coaching. Einwalter, a long-time teacher and mentor in the Fort Dodge Community School District, died on Sunday in Peoria, Ariz. He was 87 years old. Einwaler joined Miller on a staff that ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — This past year has been a busy stretch for Izaih Clark, and the new year has begun the same way. The Fort Dodge Senior High graduate returned to Iowa recently, competing in Cedar Rapids. “It’s been a long time since I’ve raced in Iowa,” said Clark, who graduated from ...