The St. Edmond softball team has been on a run the past four seasons. The Gaels have made three straight tournaments and ...

A strong season on the diamond garnered postseason honors for three Fort Dodge softball players. Sophomores Hope Alstott, ...

A second man has been arrested in connection with a July 4 burglary in which a woman was beaten with a bat or club. John C. Schlack, 28, of 106 N. 10th St., was arrested by Fort Dodge police on Monday ...

Two Fort Dodge men have been arrested in connection with a Tuesday morning attack on a 17-year-old juvenile, police reported. The juvenile suffered minor injuries in the assault. Police said the ...

My predecessor in Iowa’s Third Congressional District was known as “a watchdog to the Treasury.” During 13 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Harold Royce (H.R.) Gross kept a ...

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Tuesday Driving while barred — Troy S. Habhab, 60, Humboldt, preliminary hearing waived; Kevin M. Pate, 47, 3003 Fifth Ave. S., preliminary hearing set for Aug. 18.

The annual opportunity to buy some clothing and shoes without paying any sales taxes is coming soon. What the state Department of Revenue calls the Iowa Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday ...

Six Messenger-area softball players earned Iowa Girls Coaches Association All-State honors on Monday. In Class 1A Newell-Fonda teammates Kinzee Hinders, Anna Mercer and Ellie Sievers were all honored.

Area families are already beginning to think about the items that will be needed to send young people back to school properly equipped and looking good. According to the National Retail Federation, ...

Courtney Balkenende was unanimously appointed as Webster County Recorder by the Webster County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. Balkenende has been with the Recorder’s Office for nine years, most ...

A man has been arrested and charged with making a bomb threat against a Fort Dodge dental clinic, according to court records. Robert D. Ulicki, 75, of Lehigh, was charged by Fort Dodge police with ...

An excessive heat warning paired with derecho level winds has most Iowans wishing for cooler seasons. “It’s just so hot,” ...