Newell-Fonda made the most of its 15th trip to the state tournament. The fifth-seed Mustangs (25-12 overall) lost their ...

Emily Koranda wasn’t ever sure she would make it back to the softball diamond. Now, she is one more win away from calling ...

Online retail giant Amazon has purchased property in Fort Dodge and plans to build a delivery station there. The real estate ...

—Messenger photo by Britt Kudla St. Edmond freshman Toryn Helle (left) and eighth-grader Breckyn Ulrich react at the end of ...

More than 20,000 visitors have made their way into Fort Dodge this week for the annual Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s state softball tournament. The tournament is estimated to generate more ...

For the third consecutive summer, Van Meter is headed to the Class 2A state softball championship game. The Bulldogs, who claimed the title last year, earned a walk-off 5-4 win over West Fork in the ...

Wayne was more than ready in its Class 1A state semifinal matchup with Riverside on Wednesday at Rogers Sports Complex. The top-seeded Lady Falcons plated four runs right out of the gate and three ...

North Polk’s offense continues to hum like a well-oiled machine, and the third-seeded Comets are now soaring into the Class 4A championship round. Twenty-four hours after scoring eight runs in a ...

For the third straight year, Williamsburg will play for a Class 3A state softball championship. And waiting for the Raiders will be a familiar foe. Williamsburg, the Class 3A state champ in 2023 and ...

Needing something to happen, the West Lyon softball team took matters into their own hands. The Wildcats plated five runs in the sixth on their way to a 9-5 victory over Louisa-Muscatine at Rogers ...

After being denied an early lead on perhaps the best catch in state softball tournament history, top-seed Dubuque Wahlert exploded for a 7-1 win over Prairie City-Monroe to reach the Class 3A ...

Messenger photo by Britt Kudla: Maggie Allen of Waukee Northwest slides around Ankeny Centennial's Peyten Spiegel during a ...