The Fort Dodge girls swim team competed at Marshalltown to open the season on Tuesday. The Dodgers lost to the Newton area squad (53.50-30.5) and Marshalltown (54-37). Fort Dodge captured seven event ...

The St. Edmond volleyball team claimed a win in their first road match of the season here Tuesday night vs. Storm Lake in four. Scores were 25-18, 20-25, 25-17 and 25-17. After going 4-1 and placing ...

The Fort Dodge boys golf team finished 10th here Wednesday at the Ankeny Invitational. West Des Moines Valley fired a 280 to top West Des Moines Dowling and the host Hawks, who both fired 295s. The ...

Jan Merz was a staunch advocate for the students of the Fort Dodge Community School District. Merz, who died Aug. 6 at age 76, was a member of the district’s Board of Education from 1991 to 2013.

Finding a world of color and hope is something Brian Bidleman bases his life’s work around. The executive director of Beacon ...

In a six-day span, St. Edmond’s Anthony Valles has already captured two cross country meet titles. The junior has served ...

The St. Edmond girls backed up their performance from Week 1 with another strong showing in their second outing here on ...

The Dayton Rodeo Grounds, the scene of the annual Dayton Championship Rodeo, sits in a big bowl. On the south side, the hill ...

Mpox, a highly contagious viral disease known for causing severe rashes and blisters, has been identified at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility. “Mpox Clade 2 has been detected in Fort Dodge ...

The upcoming vote on proposed utility franchise fees in Fort Dodge is about much more than putting eight more police officers on the beat, according to speakers at a Tuesday evening meeting on the ...

Hailey Vogel and Julia Eastman have been Fort Dodge girls swim program mainstays for years now. The 2024 campaign will be ...

The Fort Dodge volleyball team played with a sense of urgency here Tuesday night. It didn’t hurt that senior Lucy Porter made her season debut at the same time. Porter, who missed the first five ...