GOWRIE — As he began to describe his life, George Anderson took a digression and said, “I’m a rare bird out here.” “Out here’ refers to Gowrie, a town of just more than 900 people, where there can’t be many, if any, other people who worked in international business and as a ...

A woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle Friday morning in Fort Dodge. Wen Hsing Drew, 72, of Fort Dodge, was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, according to the Iowa State Patrol. The State Patrol reported that she was walking across 29th ...

A Fort Dodge Middle School student said she doesn’t feel safe after a video emerged online that she indicated shows her being assaulted by two other girls on a school bus. “I don’t feel safe at school,” said 11-year old Lizzy Becker. Becker, a sixth grader at Fort Dodge Middle ...

Unwanted, expired, and unused prescription medications can be turned in later this month during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s annual Drug Take Back day event. The event, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 26 at Daniel Pharmacy, 1114 Central Ave., will allow residents to hand over ...

OTHO — Friendship Haven residents frolicked in the crimson, tangerine, and golden fall leaves at Dolliver Memorial State Park last week. The nature visit was part of Friendship Haven’s 51st annual Fall Leaves Tour. “The goal of the Fall Leaves Tour is to give residents an ...

WEBSTER CITY — Two Fort Dodge men have been arrested in Hamilton County after a fight led to a weapon being fired from a vehicle early Friday morning. According to the Webster City Police Department, Tanner James Spencer, 27, of Fort Dodge, was arrested near the Webster City Veterinary ...