Cleanliness may be next to godliness during a public health emergency, but new donations to The Lord’s Cupboard might help ensure that a full belly is high on the list, too. And while the local economy is feeling the effects of the coronavirus, with schools and many critical businesses temporarily...
All employees of the Fort Dodge Community School District, will continue to be paid during the school closures due to COVID-19. On Monday night, the FDCSD Board of Education voted to pass a resolution to allow the district to continue to pay its staff during this time. One of the...
When Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her recommendation that all Iowa schools close for four weeks to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, many parents across the state worried about how they would keep their children fed during this time. More than 40 percent of the state’s school-aged children...
March 21, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District will provide free grab and go lunches for children 18 and under beginning Monday, March 23, 2020. The lunches (infant formula and food will not be available) will be distributed weekdays from 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. at...
March 4, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 36 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association District Individual Speech Contest held February 29. Thirty-one Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings and will move on to the State Individual Speech Contest on March...
The parents of Jennifer Yoder’s kindergarten students who were attending the Family Literacy Night at Cooper Elementary School Tuesday had two seating choices. Tiny chairs or the colorful rug that Yoder has the children sit on each morning when they first come to school. The carpet won. There was even...
March 3, 2020, Fort Dodge, IA- The Fort Dodge Community School District is pleased to announce its students and employees of the month for March. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Evie Piton...
February 27, 2019, Fort Dodge, IA- “The Wizard of Oz,” the Fort Dodge Middle School 7th and 8th grade musical, will be performed at 7:00 p.m. on March 12 and 13 in the Fort Dodge Middle School auditorium. Nearly 85 students are involved in the production. In this adventure, Dorothy...
In the library at Cooper Elementary School, a pair of students work to dismantle a piece of ancient technology once used by their ancestors — a VCR with a VHS of the movie “Shrek” stuck in it. At the next table, another pair of students is taking apart a remote-controlled...
Matt Miller recently retired with the most victories in Fort Dodge Senior High football history. Winning was always a secondary message for the Dodger head coach, though. Success mattered, of course, but Miller always emphasized the importance of taking valuable life lessons away from the game itself. Appropriately, his final...
