All five classifications now know who they need to defeat in order to qualify as one of the eight teams in each class. The ...

There will be some good eating during a picnic to be held in the 700 block of Central Avenue Friday. We are, of course, referring to Lunch on Central which will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the ...

Our Golden Play of the Week is actually two plays. Southeast Polk slugger Kennedy Borud hits a three-run homer against Fort ...

The split weekend for Atlantic at the Fort Dodge Invitational meant a 13th place finish in the high heat at Harlan Rodgers Sports Complex over the weekend.

Debi Durham, Iowa Economic Development Authority director, sang the praises of Fort Dodge leaders Monday as she toured a pair ...

Invasive species, like emerald ash borer, Asian longhorned beetle, spongy moth and oriental bittersweet threaten Iowa’s ecosystem by competing with and destroying native trees and disrupting the ...

DANA BECKER. Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others.

Reports of pheasant chick broods have been coming in to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) over the past three weeks, marking the beginning of the 2025 hatching season. The mild winter ...

DES MOINES — On Oct. 11, 2025, Iowa’s Roast and Ride returns. Come to the Iowa State Fairgrounds for a day that encapsulates the essence of the Hawkeye State: motorcycles, hog roasts, and Special ...

FORT DODGE, Iowa — Police have arrested another suspect in connection to a murder in Fort Dodge last year. Authorities have charged Aidan Drake Pate, 23, of Thor, in connection to a death ...