In the mid-19th century leading up to the westward expansion, people traveled by covered wagon to attend the first Iowa State Fair in 1854 on a six-acre tract in Fairfield. Today, more than a million ...

This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and ...

The three-time defending North Central Conference St. Edmond girls tennis team opened play with a convincing 9-0 victory over ...

The Fort Dodge girls tennis team dropped a tough 7-4 decision here Tuesday to Marshalltown. Manuela Rodriguez, Madge Hensley ...

Jim Reed, Ted Bodensteiner, Craig Schlienz and all the other volunteers who make up Shellabration Inc. have done it again. On Saturday night, about 5,000 people crammed into the intersection of ...

A Lehigh woman has been charged with four counts of animal neglect and abuse after she stabbed two of her dogs and purposefully restricted their access to food and water. According to court documents, ...

The Webster County Board of Supervisors signed an emergency watershed protection grant Tuesday morning that will allow for repairs to be made on McGuire Bend Road in Lehigh. According to Webster ...

A panel discussion on Medicaid, the federal and state health insurance program for the poor and disabled, will be held this evening in Fort Dodge. A Community Conversation on Medicaid will begin at 7 ...

The Fort Dodge City Council moved Monday to begin the process of acquiring some needed land to overhaul the intersection of Second Avenue North and 15th Street. But because the controversial plan to ...

Assistance to downtown building owners, a water main extension and more security cameras would all be paid for with a tax increment financing plan advanced by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. The ...

The Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave., is holding a STEM Drop In from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday in the library’s large meeting room. Children ages 6 years old and up with their caregivers are ...

Career Education Coordinator Carrie Rock and Curriculum and Instruction Director Teri Boezinger presented plans for the 2025-26 district and individual career and academic plan to the Fort Dodge ...