Although a handful of people have announced their candidacies for Fort Dodge city offices already, Monday is the first day ...

POCAHONTAS — One man was killed in a head-on collision on Iowa Highway 4 south of Pocahontas Thursday ... State Fair award ...

Trinity Lutheran Church, Boxholm, is holding an ice cream social from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the church. Beef burgers, chips, beverages, coleslaw, desserts and homemade ice cream will be ...

One man was killed in a head-on collision on Iowa Highway 4 south of Pocahontas Thursday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol identified the man as Darwin Benjamin Rosales Castillo, 31, of Westminster, ...

The signs on county blacktop roads began sprouting up last spring touting “Flowers Galore.” There was no media blitz, no hoopla on social media, just an industrious young woman quietly working away to ...

Like our nation, our city is a democracy that needs the participation of the people to be a success. That participation is especially needed now as the community begins a local election cycle. It is ...

Q: How is the Trump administration working to restore sanity to climate policies? A: In the previous Congress, I served as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The budget committee’s top job ...

Quilt makers and quilt owners, it is time to get those special quilts entered for the Sac County Quilt-A-Fair. The quilt show takes place on Sept. 19-20, but registration forms for quilts to be ...

Algona’s Tate Slagle led five Messenger-area players selected all-state by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association. Slagle was tabbed the captain of the Class 3A team and one of 16 players ...

Plans are underway for the 41st Wiegert Prairie Fall Fest. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 24 at the Wiegert Prairie Farmstead, 27061 615th St, Palmer. Don’t miss this chance to ...

The Smeltzer Charitable Trust will host a field day from 5 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the Smeltzer Learning Farm, rural Otho. The field day will focus on the idea of using carbon markets and green ...

Ottie Maxey of the Hamilton County Growth Partnership updated the Hamilton County Supervisors on recent developments in economic development for the county. The Hamilton County Growth Partnership, ...