Jurors heard from police investigators and the state medical examiners office Friday during the third day of testimony in the first degree murder trial of Isaac Bachman. Bachman, 19, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of 14-year-old Dakari James on June 17, ...

A Fort Dodge man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor, according to federal prosecutors. In March, Mitchell Keith Russell, 38, initiated a Facebook chat with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old Altoona female. For more than three weeks he chatted ...

A large concrete slab in the 1100 block of Third Avenue Northwest marks the spot where Dollar General is building a DG Market store. It will be the company’s second location in Fort Dodge when it opens early next year. However, it will offer more groceries than the Dollar General store ...

DAYTON — Farm fields stretch out in every direction from Dale and Laura Johnson’s ranch-style home north of Dayton. The calming blue siding and clean white trim of the home’s exterior blend seamlessly with the ground and sky, making the new home look as if it has always belonged ...

The first-degree murder trial of Isaac Bachman continued Thursday in Webster County District Court. Bachman, 19, of Fort Dodge, is accused of shooting 14-year-old Dakari James, of Fort Dodge, on June 17, 2023, in the 1200 block of First Avenue North after the two argued. On the second ...