By DANA BECKER [email protected] The Fort Dodge wrestling team is ranked 13th in the first edition of the IHSAA dual ...

Five Iowa Central football players have been named All-Americans by the NJCAA, including a pair who have landed on the ...

This article first appeared in the Farm News Barns tab published on Nov. 28, 2025. CLARION — While the dairy cattle are gone, ...

It started with a conversation. During a basketball game at Fort Dodge Senior High School, Love Bomb was formed. Senior Sam ...

All across the nation, a feeling of anticipation is in the air. It is Christmas Eve, a time when those whose jobs do not demand that they be at work complete preparations for Christmas, the biggest ...

Christmas has always been a season of coming home. For a long time, that meant flying from New York or driving from Chicago back to Fort Dodge. I would walk in the door, drop my bags, and find my dad ...

Man arrested for breaking into apartment A man was arrested after a deputy sheriff saw him abandon a vehicle and force his way into a Fort Dodge apartment very early Tuesday morning. Gregory J.

In 2001, members of the Fort Dodge Police Association chose to sponsor the Santa Cops program as a way for law enforcement to give back to the community, while also building a supportive and caring ...

Fort Dodge is Humboldt south for Wildcat junior Broedy Hendricks. The top-ranked 190-pounder continued his dominance at the ...

Matt Bemrich has been a steady presence in the Fort Dodge City Council meeting room for 20 years. He served four years as an ...

-Messenger photo by Bill Shea Fort Dodge Mayor Matt Bemrich reads a proclamation honoring Fort Dodge Police Dept. Lt. Matt ...

Ten years. I was walking in our neighborhood recently after a snowstorm, and happened to pass our family’s “secret” sledding ...