Freedom Pointe, 1303 A. St., will hold an Easter celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There will be an egg hunt, games, prizes, snacks and Easter Bunny visit.

Moose Lodge 806 will hold its annual Easter egg hunt at noon Saturday at Dodger Stadium, 1930 Elmhurst Ave. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. Cost is 50 cents per child. Prizes will be awarded after the hunt. Rain date is April 26.

Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond for their community? Nominate them for The Messenger’s 2025 Hometown Pride publication. Email your nominations to bshea@messengernews.net. Please include the name, hometown and contact information for the nominee, as well as why you are ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill in the South Branch of Lizard Creek in Webster County. On Monday, the DNR Field Office in Mason City received a call from CJ Bio America regarding a leak at their facility in the ag industrial park west of Fort Dodge called ...

Mitch Leyk is the newest member of the Fort Dodge Police Department. Leyk, who was introduced to the City Council Monday, is a native of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minnesota. While in college, he completed ...

Four grass fires ignited in different places across Webster County Friday afternoon and evening. The first was reported at 2:39 p.m. on Nelson Avenue, near a curve in the road north of its interchange with U.S. Highway 20. “It spread quite a bit and spread down into the timber,” Otho ...