WEBSTER CITY — Webster City’s new police chief is a veteran Fort Dodge police captain whose hiring was approved Monday by the City Council of Webster City. Steve Hanson, a Fort Dodge police officer ...

Ellie Doster delivered a two-run single in the top of the seventh to lift the eighth-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team past Estherville-LC here Tuesday night, 2-0. Doster drove in both Hope ...

St. Edmond softball team became just the second opponent to play North Polk on its brand-new turf field here Tuesday night. After taking an early lead on the second-ranked (4A) Comets, the Gaels were ...

In the late 1850s, the rural cemetery movement started across the United States. It moved cemeteries from right in the center ...

The Webster County Supervisors honored Recorder Lindsay Laufersweiler Tuesday after formally accepting her resignation. Laufersweiler announced June 8 that she will leave the Recorder’s Office on July ...

A missing Fort Dodge teen has been found dead in a local pond. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, Oliver Brockbank, 16, was reported missing Sunday evening. A search ensued Sunday night ...

Iowa State University in Ames announced that the following area students received degrees during the spring commencement ceremonies. Algona: Hunter Anderson, Bachelor of Science, Animal Science; ...

The Office of the Registrar has released the spring 2025 President’s List. In order to be named to the President’s List, a student must have a 4.0 grade point average (4.0 is an A) in all academic ...