Anyone who thinks that today’s American teenagers don’t care about patriotism or honoring the nation’s veterans received a heartwarming surprise recently. Members of the Fort Dodge Senior High School girls golf team went to Veterans Memorial Park north of Fort Dodge Wednesday to replace ...

Fort Dodge young people have taken the lead in a unique project to keep the downtown area clean and free of litter. Industrial technology students at Fort Dodge Senior High School have made 26 metal trash receptacles that are now starting to appear on downtown sidewalks. A total of 22 of ...

The annual ritual of high school graduation is upon us. On Sunday, several area schools, including Fort Dodge Senior High, St. Edmond Catholic School, Manson Northwest Webster High School and others, will hold their commencement exercises. Each ceremony is a familiar ritual. Excited ...

We are now in the midst of National Transportation Week, an annual celebration of all the things that keep people and goods moving in this country. This celebration of the transportation industry has taken place each May since it became a permanent event in 1962. An annual observance taking ...

In the late 1990s, the trail system in Fort Dodge was small and it was not interconnected. It essentially consisted of the Phinney Park Trail and the nature trail that extends from Snell-Crawford Park to a spot north of town. Things have certainly changed. Today it is possible to go from ...

The sights and sounds of long dragon boats slicing through the water of Badger Lake will return this summer. The annual race known as the Badger Lake Dragon Boat Bash fell victim to COVID-19 last year, like so many other things. But organizers of the event announced Monday that it will be ...