General Info

The Messenger is a daily newspaper that provides news and information to residents of the greater Fort Dodge, Iowa, area. It provides, news, weather, obituaries and advertising serves to more than 18,000 paid subscribers in the region. The newspaper s lineage can be traced directly to the Sentinel, a now defunct newspaper that was established in 1857. The Messenger is owned by Ogden Newspapers, a diversified media corporation that publishes 39 daily newspapers, several magazines, weekly newspapers and shoppers located in 11 states in the United States. Ogden has headquarters in Wheeling, W.V.