The Fort Museum and Frontier Village welcomes The Whitesidewalls Rock ’n’ Roll Revue from Minneapolis for its annual fundraising event on Saturday, Dec. 28. “Lead singer Dave ‘Swanee’ Swanson and the band are looking very forward to their visit,” said Deborah Davis, Fort Museum ...

The Christmas season is a perfect time for the team at Brady O’Brien Live to reflect. What started as a local piano prodigy’s dream is now a cherished reality for Brady O’Brien, as the 2022 St. Edmond graduate and his support system celebrate their fifth anniversary with “A Very ...

The holidays will be in full swing at the Historic Phillips Auditorium on Dec. 15 as Shaun Johnson and the Big Band Experience headline a Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association holiday fundraiser performance. Johnson, whom many also know as the Emmy-award winning lead singer of Tonic Sol-fa, will ...

The year was 1949. Paul Franklin, the director of the Fort Dodge Senior High School Orchestra, and around 20 fellow string players thought it would be a good idea to create a community-based string orchestra. The idea turned out to be a very good one, and after nine years of performances, ...

Farm-to-table takes on a whole new meaning in Manson, where shoppers can buy fresh, home-grown turkeys at Manson Hometown Grocery, thanks to the Moline family. “Even before Halloween, people start asking, ‘When can I get one of those turkeys?’” said Bailey Whitehill, Manson ...

Much like their athletic counterparts, the choral students at Fort Dodge Senior High School have spent months with one goal in mind: earning an all-state music selection. This year, the process started in July and included release of the selected music and the chance to attend a summer ...