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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

-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 ...