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

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

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

A man who police and prosecutors accuse of ambushing a Sac County resident at their home and slashing them with a knife last year has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. James M. Debourgh, 71, ...

A man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Calhoun County last summer. Troy J. Holicky, 37, of Lamberton, Minnesota, received the prison sentence on ...

Games, crafts, and perhaps most importantly, a visit from Santa Claus, will get the holiday season started in Manson. All of that will be part of an event called Manson Hometown Christmas, which will ...

WEBSTER CITY — Kendall Young Library will hold adult programs throughout the month of December. Adult Book Club — Kendall Young Library invites you to join in the December Book Club discussion about a ...

The Fort Dodge Historic Preservation Commission will hold an open house to discuss the future of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church building from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Municipal Building, 819 ...