OTHO — The Otho Fire Department is hosting a soup supper at the Otho Fire Station today from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Guests will have a choice of homemade chili or chicken noodle soup for $5. The meal will be served with a cinnamon roll and a beverage.

Two Fort Dodge Middle School students were recently selected to participate in the 36th annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. They are sixth-grader Jonathan Casciato and seventh grader Harper Sandahl. More than 2,100 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus ...

Two new officers were added to the Fort Dodge Police Department Monday, bringing the local force up to 40 officers. The new officers are Ciara Sturm and Keaton Schultz. Sturm is a native of Fort Dodge who graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School. She attended Iowa Central Community ...

Join the Project Recovery Iowa staff for a short program on handling holiday stress. The holiday season can be hard on many people. For some it’s a season of extra — extra spending, extra activities, extra time with extended family all pulling at your calendar. For others, it’s a season ...

First Covenant Church, 201 Ave. H, is holding a food drive to benefit Duncombe School from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the church. Donations may also be made at the church office from 8 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday.

North 12th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues north will be closed at 7 a.m. Monday so that city crews can repair a water main leak, according to the Public Works Department. The south lane of Seventh Avenue North will be closed between 11th and 13th streets. Residential access to ...