A Saturday evening fire behind a home on 17th Street Southwest sent clouds of black smoke billowing as high as the Union Pacific Railroad High Bridge. The fire at 1725 17th St. S.W. was reported at 6:40 p.m. It involved a large pile of wood and other debris from a garage that had either ...

DES MOINES — A big three-day stretch of track and field action by Iowa Central culminated in a Drake Relays title here Saturday. The women’s distance medley captured gold in the college division of the race inside Drake Stadium, clocking a time of 11:49.37 to best a quartet from junior ...

By BILL SHEA bshea@messengernews.net Local legislators still wrestling with potential property tax and eminent domain changes were asked during a Saturday forum to explain their position on funding for education. State Rep. Wendy Larson, R-Odebolt, said during Saturday’s Eggs and Issues ...

DES MOINES — LJ Maehl became Fort Dodge’s all-time five-player scoring champion on Tuesday at Des Moines Roosevelt. Maehl had 18 points and 11 rebounds in the Dodgers’ 55-31 loss to the Roughriders. Her career point total of 1,316 surpasses Thomas Clark, who had 1,309 for the FDSH boys ...

WATERLOO — The Fort Dodge boys were within earshot of Waterloo East heading into the fourth quarter here on Tuesday, but the Trojans pulled away for a 73-50 IAC Northern Division victory. The Dodgers trailed by just six points at halftime and only 10 heading into the final frame, but the ...

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