The Bishop Garrigan boys have the chance to make it 2-for-2 in terms of major state championships here this coming week. Back in the fall, the Golden Bears won their second eight-player state football ...

Half of the Class 1A state tournament field consists of returning teams this week, led by top-ranked and No. 1 seed St. Edmond. Joining the Gaels from a year ago is their quarterfinal round opponent, ...

Reigning Class 1A state champion Newell-Fonda placed two on the all-Twin Lakes Conference first team, the league announced. Sophomore Ellie Sievers and freshman Quinn Sievers were on the top squad, ...

The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday approved an agreement that would allow the use of money from the new emergency medical services tax to be spent on buildings, personnel and vehicles. That ...

Justin Faiferlick, 57, of Fort Dodge, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2026, at his home surrounded by his family. He tenaciously battled cancer for the last three years of his life. Funeral services ...

-Messenger file photo Fort Dodge Senior High School assistant cheerleading coach Juli Springer, left, and St. Edmond High School head coach Amber Barwin, right, look on as members of the then 2011 All ...

Richard “Rich” H. Pederson, 81, of Fort Dodge, IA, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2026, at Crestview Manor in Webster City, IA, surrounded by his loving family. He fought a long courageous battle ...

A graveside service for Francis Michael Maggio will be 2:00 PM Saturday, March 14, 2026, at Corpus Christi Cemetery in Fort Dodge. Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the family.

A road connection behind the Mini Majors section of Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports Complex will eventually take traffic past the soccer fields to 160th Street. A second way to get vehicles in and out ...

Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: The St. Edmond boys basketball squad poses after winning a Class 1A substate title at the Knapp Center in Des Moines. DES MOINES — The St. Edmond boys have carried the ...

A pair of robots will be taking over some of the routine maintenance of the driving range at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course soon. Golfers won’t be seeing any androids that look like they came out of a ...

A few Fort Dodge residents fed up with what they described as constant late night rowdiness and even gunfire around the Fourth Street Depot asked the City Council on Monday to take a hard look at the ...