The 2025 Girls State Softball Tournament did not end exactly the way the St. Edmond Gaels and their fans had hoped it would, but it still showcased our community and its outstanding sports complex.

On Wednesday, July 23, I spoke at a House Agriculture Committee hearing to discuss the harmful impacts of California’s Proposition 12, or Prop 12, on Iowa hog farmers and our rural communities.

GOWRIE — Students in the Southeast Valley Community School District will be starting school five minutes earlier and ending each day five minutes later for the 2025-2026 school year. The goal, ...

The City of Webster City and Hamilton County on Friday agreed unanimously to consolidate their emergency dispatch services, effective Oct. 1. The only vocal opposition was from Todd Copley, president ...

Fallon, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate his 90th birthday on Aug. 7. His family includes Kathleen and Jim Toth, of Aurora, Colorado; Tim Fallon, of Fort Dodge; John Fallon, of Olathe, Kansas; and James ...

The careers of four of the most decorated softball players in St. Edmond school history came to an end here Friday inside ...

For Van Meter, it was the same script — just a different person in the lead role. Ava Hohenadel sent the Bulldogs to the ...

Community Christian School, 2406 9 1/2 Ave. S., is holding its ninth annual Epic Rummage Sale from 8 a.m. to noon today. All tagged items will be half price and all untagged items will be $5 per bag ...

Shane Halverson’s 50th birthday bash and cancer benefit is 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 3 at Rides Bar and Grill Banquet Center, 723 S. 31st St. There will be a freewill donation meal of pork loin, sides and ...

A pair of red and black ambulances are now responding to emergency calls throughout Fort Dodge and Webster County. The ...

The combination of classics, chrome and carburetors is irresistible to some people. Those folks and their vehicles gather ...

A kayaker whose boat capsized in the Des Moines River in Webster County Friday afternoon was found safe after a roughly one-hour search. The man was found walking near the regional landfill south of ...