It’s 5:25 a.m. It’s 10 degrees. It’s dark. The expected throng of Black Friday shoppers standing in line at the Fort Dodge ...

The year was 1949. Paul Franklin, the director of the Fort Dodge Senior High School Orchestra, and around 20 fellow string ...

St. Edmond’s Adam Walker followed up his first team all-state campaign from a year ago with an encore performance worthy of ...

The musical duo of Brad & Kate, partners in music and in life, will return to Fort Dodge on Friday, Dec. 6, for a holiday ...

Fort Dodge football coach Nik Moser knows a more successful season on the field typically yields better postseason accolades ...

Calhoun County Economic Development Corp., a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering economic growth in Calhoun County ...

This year, school officials throughout Iowa are increasingly saying students may have no use of, or more limited access to, mobile devices during the instructional day. The approach by the four school ...

A downtown Fort Dodge building sustained significant damage in a Tuesday night fire. No one was injured in the fire at ...

There were dozens and dozens of volunteers on hand Thursday to help with the annual community Thanksgiving dinner at Fort ...

The Blanden Holiday Open House will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum, 920 Third Ave. S. Secor Strings will perform at 3 p.m. St. Edmond Catholic School Choir will ...

With the high school winter sports season days away from offering up a full slate of action, The Messenger’s award-winning ...

My fellow Iowans sent me to the Senate 10 years ago to make the porkers squeal. It’s been a very lonely fight. Even in this era of political polarization, Democrats and Republicans always come ...