It has been almost a year since Lori Mason took over the reins of Seneca Foundry, a Webster City industry that had been in the same family for more than 100 years. Another family and another glass ceiling shattered, Mason is the first woman who was not a McCollough family member. The ...
BOONE — The signs on county blacktop roads began sprouting up last spring touting “Flowers Galore.” There was no media blitz, no hoopla on social media, just an industrious young woman quietly working away to build a new family business. Follow the signs a short drive down a dusty ...
WEBSTER CITY — Ottie Maxey of the Hamilton County Growth Partnership updated the Hamilton County Supervisors on recent developments in economic development for the county. The Hamilton County Growth Partnership, which first met in February, has completed paperwork as a newly organized 501-C6 organization. This group will serve as the county development board. Maxey had several updates for the supervisors. The first was that the new industrial site plans, which contain approximately 450 acres, have been submitted for certification. “There is other ground adjacent to the site ...
HARCOURT — The name on the side of the Engquist Lumber building in Harcourt may have changed, but according to Scott Engquist, the products and customer service are still top notch. “We’re still here, still doing things the way we always have,” said Engquist. Scott and Diane ...
Keeping in touch with the leaders of one of the major industries in Fort Dodge was the goal when three local leaders headed to St. Louis, Missouri, recently. Mayor Matt Bemrich; Astra Ferris, chief executive officer of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, and Chad Schaeffer, the ...
Canadian National Railway, which has a rail yard in Fort Dodge and tracks throughout the area, has announced plans to invest about $38 million in Iowa as part of its 2025 capital investment program. This investment will support track maintenance and strategic infrastructure initiatives in ...
