The organizers of Frontier Days 2026 had a plan to surprise their chosen marshal for the June 5-7 celebration. Two of his colleagues on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Committee were to persuade Ron Newsum to attend a meeting Tuesday evening in the Opera House at the Fort Museum and ...

Frontier Days 2026 will be held June 5-7 with events at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village plus a big parade downtown. This year’s theme is Passport to the Past. One of the activities will feature stations where people can get a kind of passport stamped just like a travel ...

The Webster County Supervisors approved a half-million dollar agreement Tuesday with Hidden Acres Christian Center, south of Dayton, for paving work on 390th Street and Union Avenue. The project will pave approximately one mile of 390th Street between Taylor Avenue and Union Avenue and Union ...

Jonah Mosier started practicing the craft of acting at a young age. It wasn’t to get better or to become a star, it was just to have fun. With his brother Caleb, the St. Edmond Catholic School senior would play in the living room and come up with their own games. As a Gael, Mosier ...

The inside of the Fort Dodge Public Library will have a new look in the not-too-distant future. The library building by the City Square, which opened in 2000, will get an interior makeover in a project that may start this spring. It will include new carpet, some painting, new furniture, ...

The budgets that finance recreation programs would remain fairly static under the proposed Fort Dodge spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The Recreation Services Department actually has four separate budgets for its operations. Here is a summary of them, Harlan and Hazel ...