Although a handful of people have announced their candidacies for Fort Dodge city offices already, Monday is the first day ...

POCAHONTAS — One man was killed in a head-on collision on Iowa Highway 4 south of Pocahontas Thursday ... State Fair award ...

One man was killed in a head-on collision on Iowa Highway 4 south of Pocahontas Thursday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol identified the man as Darwin Benjamin Rosales Castillo, 31, of Westminster, ...

The signs on county blacktop roads began sprouting up last spring touting “Flowers Galore.” There was no media blitz, no hoopla on social media, just an industrious young woman quietly working away to ...

Q: How is the Trump administration working to restore sanity to climate policies? A: In the previous Congress, I served as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The budget committee’s top job ...

Like our nation, our city is a democracy that needs the participation of the people to be a success. That participation is especially needed now as the community begins a local election cycle. It is ...

Ottie Maxey of the Hamilton County Growth Partnership updated the Hamilton County Supervisors on recent developments in economic development for the county. The Hamilton County Growth Partnership, ...

Trinity Lutheran Church, Boxholm, is holding an ice cream social from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the church. Beef burgers, chips, beverages, coleslaw, desserts and homemade ice cream will be ...

Algona’s Tate Slagle led five Messenger-area players selected all-state by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. Slagle was tabbed the captain of the Class 3A team and one of 16 players ...

Quilt makers and quilt owners, it is time to get those special quilts entered for the Sac County Quilt-A-Fair. The quilt show takes place on Sept. 19-20, but registration forms for quilts to be ...

Webster County Conservation is holding Coffee and Conservation at 10 a.m. today at the Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery Center, 20 N. First St. Each month there will be an informal discussion ...

Stephanie Colin has been named the branch manager of Airgas in Fort Dodge. She started her industrial gas career in 1990 with Bock Brothers Welding Supply. She joined Airgas when it acquired Bock ...