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 ...

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 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 ...

Travis Balt has been named the new middle and high school vocal music director at St. Edmond Catholic School for the 2026-27 year. Balt is currently the high school vocal music teach at MOC-Floyd ...

Madison Ninneman placed her name in the Iowa Central bowling history books here Saturday, winning the NJCAA women’s all-events national championship. Behind Ninneman’s performance, the Tritons placed ...

The last time Newell-Fonda and Bishop Garrigan met for the Class 1A girls state basketball title, Ellie and Quinn Sievers were years away from the high school level. On Saturday night inside a Casey’s ...

The Iowa Central wrestling program walked away from the NJCAA National Tournament with three individual champions, 13 other medalists and a pair of third-place team finishes. Muhammad Bilal and Jarrel ...