Jeff Hart, owner of Harty’s Caddy Shack, 1101 Central Ave., has faced more than his share of adversity over the course of the past two years. Hart, a 1979 Fort Dodge Senior High graduate, nearly died on the operating table about two years ago. “My intestines froze up and I ...
DUNCOMBE — About five years ago, hundreds of bicyclists flooded Stumpy’s Bar and Grill during RAGBRAI, an annual bicycle ride across Iowa. “It was crazy,” recalled Bruce “Stumpy” Wagner, owner of the establishment. “We had breakfast burritos and breakfast sandwiches. When ...
2020 saw the closing of multiple businesses in the Fort Dodge area. But 2020 was also a year of new beginnings for other businesses. Meanwhile, other businesses announced major expansions. Here are some of the highlights: Schuur becomes co-owner at Coldwell Banker In January, Keenan ...
Dan Dix, general manager of NEW Cooperative, admittedly wasn’t sure what the name of the little town off in the distance was when he eyed an existing Morton shed along Iowa Highway 4 as the place from which to stake a claim on the local anhydrous ammonia market. The town was Cooper (pop. miniscule). So in 2014, NEW branded its newest agronomy division outpost as Cooper - even though, technically, 2272 Neola Ave. is a Jefferson address. But what’s in a name? Cooper quickly became NEW’s leading market for anhydrous. “We’ve built it, and they’ve come,” Dix explained ...
HUMBOLDT — When Shawn Sturtz returned to school after Christmas break in 1983, he was thrilled to tell his friends what Santa brought him. It wasn’t the latest gadget or gizmo, though. In fact, it wasn’t really a toy at all. Rather, it was a place. His parents, Roger and Jackie ...
Selling the idea of fun typically isn’t that much of a challenge for the staff at Fort Frenzy, 3232 First Ave. S. But during the COVID-19 era where people are encouraged to socially distance and mask up, business has been slower for the Fort Dodge amusement center, which offers dozens of ...
