A Fort Dodge man found guilty in the shooting death of his father has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. Olnario ...

A Fort Dodge man has been accused of threatening to shoot law enforcement. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, an ...

Authorities say a 26-year-old Fort Dodge man has been charged with threat of terrorism after a series of "disturbing ...

Angered by what they view as unconstitutional and heavy-handed actions by President Donald Trump, about 120 people gathered ...

A bill that’s cleared an Iowa House subcommittee would set up a “prison infrastructure fund” and launch a study of the nine state-run prisons. Representative Brian Lohse, a Republican from Bondurant, ...

A Fort Dodge man was sentenced Monday for the October 2023 shooting of his father. Olnario Rodriguez-Ruffridge was sentenced Monday to five years in prison with no mandatory minimum.

Dana Becker has been a sports writer in Iowa since 2000, writing for The Fort Dodge Messenger, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Cedar Rapids Gazette and others. Dana resides in north-central Iowa.

Iowa Medicaid would no longer cover surgical, hormonal and other procedures related to treating Iowans with gender dysphoria ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - It was a season of firsts for the Iowa Heartlanders. Their first ECHL playoff berth. Their first ECHL playoff win. The first ECHL playoff series win will have to wait. The Fort ...

It should be pretty easy for the Iowa Heartlanders to forget this one. The Fort Wayne Komets dominated Game 6 of this ECHL first-round playoff series Sunday afternoon at Fort Wayne’s Memorial ...