Balancing a big tractor tire on a canoe and then paddling that canoe downstream without capsizing requires some skill. Fortunately, some of the volunteers who recently took part in a Des Moines River cleanup effort called Pickin’ Up While Paddlin’ Down had the necessary skills to do just ...
Our purpose is very simple at Iowa Central Community College. We want students to come to Iowa Central and finish their degree or certification in the shortest amount of time possible, with the least amount of student loan debt, so they can go on and have a better life. It is a purpose we are ...
On metric after metric, President Biden’s economic agenda — which he has coined “Bidenomics” — has failed our families, farmers, small businesses, and rural communities. His tax-and-spend policies have pushed the American Dream out of reach for too many families by eroding their ...
Serving a ball over a pickleball net and soaring through a half pipe on a skateboard are about as different as two recreational pasttimes can be. Sometime next year, people will be able to do both in Fort Dodge. They’ll also be able to shoot hoops on a rebuilt basketball court at H.C. ...
Dear students, parents, and guardians, On behalf of the entire staff at Fort Dodge Community Schools, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the new academic year! It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that I write this letter as the superintendent of schools, and I am honored to have ...
An innovative solution to provide help for those situations in which mental health problems intersect with the criminal justice system is getting started in Fort Dodge. We think it has a lot of potential to improve individual lives and, by extension, our whole community. This new program puts ...