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Iowa Central business professor helps lead national program

Local business owners have a relatively new resource if they are looking to take their business further than they can on their own. Goldman Sachs’ program called 10,000 Small Business is a nationwide program that came to Iowa in 2019 with the goal of helping small business owners ...

Fort Dodge CVB Wins FAM Tour of the Year

The staff of the Fort Dodge Convention and Visitors Bureau attended the annual Midwest Travel Network Conference last week, returning with an auspicious tourism honor. The CVB was awarded Midwest Travel Network FAM of the Year, winning for the June 2021 Fort Dodge Outdoor Adventure ...

A helping hand

Erin Nelson experienced firsthand the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic when the day care she runs in Fort Dodge started seeing fewer and fewer kids each day, because so many of their parents were working from home in the spring of 2020. Nelson still kept her day care open, ...

‘Till, mill and distill’

DUNCOMBE — The Lemke and Nelson families have shared many memories over the years. Now, they share even more. Brad and Amanda Lemke, along with Alissa (Lemke) and Tony Nelson, are co-owners of Wildcat Distilling, Co., a new Iowa distillery born on an old Iowa family farm. They currently ...

Next Edge Performance gets new home, more features

Kelsey Felch’s hands were a blur as they flitted across a black screen, touching groups of green lights as soon as they lit up. In less than a minute, Felch, the manager of Next Edge Performance in Fort Dodge, completed the hand-eye coordination drill on the Reflexion system, one of the ...

For the love of art

More than eight years ago, Heather Applegate was looking for a career change. She had been a dental assistant for over 25 years and when the opportunity for a completely different path came about, she made the leap. Applegate, along with April Wilson, purchased Studio Fusion in 2014 from ...