Fort Dodge News

The story of an Iowa woman convicted of killing her 18-year-old neighbor will air this Friday on NBC.

The thought crossed my mind as I stood for the final time in the backyard of our grandfather's home in Albia over the weekend.

If a participant buys a button emblazened with this year's Frontier Days logo - "Rooted in our past, growing our future" - and attends the festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, each day will cost them a bit more than $1.66. With the variety of entertainment, history on display, food to consume and things to look at, it's a bargain.

Rows of red, white and blue American flags blowing in the breeze lining the roads welcomed a near record crowd to North Lawn Cemetery for the annual Fort Dodge Veterans Council Memorial Day program Monday morning.

A woman with ties to the Wapello County sheriff's office has died in a shooting southwest of agency.

An 18-year-old Iowa man has been given a total of 18 years in prison for stealing pizza and other crimes.

I left the meeting concerning the crosstown connector feeling sad that it had "come to this." It was a very passionate expression of feelings from both sides of the issue.

On May 11, Bob Streit, an independent crop consultant from?Ames, was traveling from Fort Dodge to Ames when he saw "the air was full of the big moths." These wereblack cutworm moths, migrating winged pests from Mexico and the Gulf Coast States hitching rides on southern thermals and finding their way to Midwest fields.

What may have started out a normal day can turn sour in minutes. Fires, floods and assorted natural calamities or the unanticipated failure of mankind's own creations can result in a sudden need for professional help to recover from a disaster.

When portraying a mayor, Civil War soldier, or gypsum worker from 100 years ago, it's important to look the part.

Every time the Frontier Days parade headed down Central Avenue in Fort Dodge for the past 20 years, Mike and Cindy Mulroney were too busy to watch most of it.

Gear For Kids, a recent athletic gear drive held by the Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way, was a tremendous success, according to Mary Jo Wagner, foundation development director.

Repealing the health care reform law, balancing the federal budget and drilling for more oil in American waters are all part of a plan U.S. Rep.

The men and women who have served this nation in times of war should have a place in our hearts at all times, but most especially as the Memorial Day weekend approaches.

I read with a degree of sadness that Sunkissed Meadows will be closing its doors.

The school board in Stratford voted to move ahead with a lighting project for the school when it met for its May session Wednesday evening.

Increasingly in downtowns across America citizens are creating green spaces to humanize their community.

The North Central Ag Industrial Park was the focal point of discussion among Webster County Supervisor candidates Tuesday evening at a pre-primary forum hosted by Well Informed Webster People.

No one was home at 2007 S. 15th St. when the fire broke out, according to Woody Wolfe, assistant Fort Dodge fire chief.

Coming off another state semifinal appearance last summer - their fourth since 2005 -?the Dodgers are looking forward to a new chapter in building their program into an elite outfit.