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Returning students at Iowa Central Community College were welcomed back to campus last month by a familiar sight near the center of campus — dozers, cranes

The biofuels testing lab at Iowa Central Community College got started about six years ago in a rather small area that had actually once been a closet. It

A small mountain of dirt on the south end of the Iowa Central Community College campus marks the spot where the school’s athletes will one day be practicin

Auto Collision Technology Students Paint MRAP Vehicle for Sheriffs Office

Police said they think the driver was going around a curve when the SUV went over the bridge, down an embankment and rolled several times.

edecious@messengernews.net A Fort Dodge man was arrested Monday afternoon after police received reports of a physical altercation on one street and unsubstantiated reports of shots fired on another street. Josh Kiplinger, 29, is charged with carrying weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor, and fifth-degree criminal mischief, a simple misdemeanor. The Webster County Telecommunications Center received a report of an assault in the 300 block of First Street Northwest shortly after 4 p.m., with inform...

editor@messengernews.net -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson John Mosley, of Fort Dodge, gets a little snow blowing done on Friday afternoon along First Avenue North. With temperatures and wind chills about to take a plunge starting today into next week, working outside for too long will be a health hazard. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson John Mosley’s breath begins to fog his glasses Friday afternoon as he works to remove snow along a sidewalk on 15th Street. Colder air is anticip...

edecious@messengernews.net A Fort Dodge woman was arrested Thursday after police said she broke into a home and assaulted someone. Daesha Green, 24, was charged with first-degree burglary, a Class B felony, after her arrest Thursday afternoon. Fort Dodge Police said the Webster County Telecommunications Center received a burglary report at about 6:55 a.m. Thursday about an incident that had occurred earlier in the morning. Police said information gathered from the victim indicated that a woman ...

edecious@messengernews.net Four Fort Dodge and Des Moines residents appeared in Webster County Magistrate Court Tuesday on charges of participating in a riot that Fort Dodge Police say happened on Halloween. Jacob Clayton, 24, of Fort Dodge; Josh Coleman, 30, of Fort Dodge; Alexander Pallos, 23, of Des Moines; and Mercedes Rom, 23, of Des Moines; are all charged with participating in a riot, an aggravated misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct — fighting or violent behavior, a simple misdemeanor...

edecious@messengernews.net Fort Dodge Police are investigating a shot fired Monday evening that left a 17-year-old with a foot wound. Officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of Sixth Avenue North in reference to someone being shot at approximately 7:40 p.m. Upon arrival, they learned that the victim had been transported to UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center by a private vehicle. After finding the teenager shot in the foot at the hospital, officers learned that he had been ...