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Iowa Central to hold Career Festival

In recognition of National Workforce Development Month, IowaWORKS and Iowa Central Community College will be holding an Outdoor Career Festival, with Food Trucks on Friday September 23, from 11-2pm. The Career Festival will take place on the lawn directly south of the IowaWORKS center in Fort Dodge (Intersection of Ave O and Tower Drive), on the campus of Iowa Central, directly north of Casey’s. This event will highlight and strengthen the workforce development of North Central Iowa by connecting employers and job seekers in a laid back, tailgate type of environment. We will feature ...

Mojo Productions continues growing under Wingert

BRITT — Jared Wingert has continued to find ways to make his Mojo Productions company bigger and better by the day. And Wingert, a St. Edmond High School graduate, has no plans on slowing down anytime soon. The business provides not only DJ services for all events and venues, but has ...

Woodruff Construction to acquire Spencer company

Woodruff Construction, of Fort Dodge, has agreed to acquire the assets of Midstates Builders Inc. of Spencer. The business opportunity fits into Woodruff’s plan to further expand into the northwest portion of the state and will create its fifth region. Scheduled for Oct. 3, Midstates Builders Inc. assets and current employees will be merged as part of Woodruff Construction. Craig Wampler, co-owner of Midstates Builders, joined the company as the operations manager in April 2003, having brought nearly 20 years of commercial construction experience to the company. He became vice ...

Fulfilling a dream

Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s dragons hoard treasure, CoriAnn Theroux hoards books. That’s why she decided to open The Green Dragon Bookshop in downtown Fort Dodge. “I’ve always wanted to open a bookstore,” Theroux said. “When I came out of high school and was going into college, ...

SWEET TREATS

Addrea Groff’s love language is food. Specifically, making food for others to show her love. “I’ve had a lifelong love of food,” she said. “I love to see the joy that it can bring to another person. And so I always shared my love with people through food.” That’s what led ...