Fort Dodge Messenger
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The Messenger is a newspaper that is printed and delivered to the Fort Dodge, Iowa
area. That area covers Buena Vista, Calhoun, Green, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster, and Wright counties. It was founded on July 31, 1856. It is printed 7 days a week. The Messenger's slogan is "Spend a few minutes with us ... 7 days a week!". The Messenger's current circulation is 18,788 Monday through Saturday and 21,161 Sundays. It is printed with soy ink.
came into existence as the Fort Dodge Sentinel on July 31, 1856 as a weekly poetry and prose publication. Selling for $2 per copy, The Sentinel had a circulation of 1,200 at the time. In 1868, the name changed to The Fort Dodge Republican and increased its size to eight pages. In 1874, the name changed once again to Iowa Northwest to reflect the expanded coverage of the newspaper. In fact, the publication at the time was the only newspaper between Sioux City, Iowa
and Fort Dodge. In 1884, the newspaper went daily as the population and news in the Fort Dodge region increased. In 1917, the newspaper merged with The Chronicle, another Fort Dodge newspaper, and the name became The Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle. In later years, the "Chronicle" title was dropped and the newspaper was officially known as The Fort Dodge Messenger. In 1963, The Messenger was purchased by Ogden Newspapers
of Wheeling, West Virginia
, a newspaper group with more than 40 newspaper holdings. In 2006 The Messenger celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 25,206 in the 2010 census, an increase from 25,136 in the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S...
area. That area covers Buena Vista, Calhoun, Green, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster, and Wright counties. It was founded on July 31, 1856. It is printed 7 days a week. The Messenger's slogan is "Spend a few minutes with us ... 7 days a week!". The Messenger's current circulation is 18,788 Monday through Saturday and 21,161 Sundays. It is printed with soy ink.
Brief history
The Messenger of Fort Dodge, IowaFort Dodge, Iowa
Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 25,206 in the 2010 census, an increase from 25,136 in the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S...
came into existence as the Fort Dodge Sentinel on July 31, 1856 as a weekly poetry and prose publication. Selling for $2 per copy, The Sentinel had a circulation of 1,200 at the time. In 1868, the name changed to The Fort Dodge Republican and increased its size to eight pages. In 1874, the name changed once again to Iowa Northwest to reflect the expanded coverage of the newspaper. In fact, the publication at the time was the only newspaper between Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City is a city in Plymouth and Woodbury counties in the western part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 82,684 in the 2010 census, a decline from 85,013 in the 2000 census, which makes it currently the fourth largest city in the state....
and Fort Dodge. In 1884, the newspaper went daily as the population and news in the Fort Dodge region increased. In 1917, the newspaper merged with The Chronicle, another Fort Dodge newspaper, and the name became The Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle. In later years, the "Chronicle" title was dropped and the newspaper was officially known as The Fort Dodge Messenger. In 1963, The Messenger was purchased by Ogden Newspapers
Ogden Newspapers
Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and continues to be run by his decedents, the Nutting family...
of Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, a newspaper group with more than 40 newspaper holdings. In 2006 The Messenger celebrated its 150th anniversary.
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