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Protein drink facility gets state boost

WEBSTER CITY — A $2.66 million incentive package from the state of Iowa will help turn a Webster City industrial building into a place where protein drinks will be produced. Edible Garden AG Inc., based in Belvidere, New Jersey, plans to spend $75 million to turn the building at 401 Des ...

Meet Edible Garden AG: Webster City’s newest employer

With the news that Edible Garden AG is planning to establish manufacturing at 401 Des Moines St., formerly home to Natural Shrimp, and VeroBlue, readers have asked for more information about the company. Here are key facts taken from its Form 10-K, a document submitted to the U.S. Securities ...

Cavalry soldiers explored northern Iowa

About 15 years before Fort Dodge was established as a military post in 1850, a different group of soldiers passed through the area. These troops were known as dragoons. Their job was to explore the previously unknown territory of northern Iowa. Today, explorers can trace part of their ...

Remembering the final signer of the Declaration of Independence

NASHUA, N.H. — John Hancock will forever be known as the first of 56 delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence, but Dr. Matthew Thornton of Londonderry, New Hampshire, has the distinction of being the last delegate to leave his mark on one of America’s greatest documents. Born ...

Morning blaze leaves families homeless

The United Way of Greater Fort Dodge and the American Red Cross were working throughout the day Thursday to help families that lost everything when flames ripped through an apartment building. The early Thursday morning fire was at Westridge Townhomes on Avenue M West in a two-story ...