If you’re one of the 11,000 motorists who drive daily over the bridge on First Avenue South between downtown and the eastside retail area, you may have noticed the 55-year-old structure is undergoing a major facelift. Lighted folded flag banners and lighted medallion banners of the six ...

Products arrived damaged and moldy. Equipment was unserviceable and poorly packaged. The shelf life on some items already expired. Other parts were delivered in the incorrect packaging. These aren’t poor product reviews for a shady seller left by dissatisfied customers on Amazon, but ...

I am honored to serve as the honorary chairperson for this year’s United Way campaign. As a pastor and as the director of the SALT Center (Shining a Light Together), I have seen first hand the impact United Way of Greater Fort Dodge is having in our community. United Way has become the go-to ...

While I’ve been out on the road traveling from town to town on my 36 County Tour, the sights and sounds of this year’s harvest are on full display. Combines, tractors, and grain carts dot the fields, farmers are hauling their crops to market, and our farm families are preparing for winter. ...

The quality of any community is often measured by the commitment citizens in that community make to support their youth. According to updated census data, one out of five children and adolescents in Fort Dodge live in poverty-stricken homes and are coping with the social ills of poverty. Too ...

We celebrate National Farmers Day on Oct. 12, during the height of harvest, to honor the men and women who feed and fuel the world. The dirt underneath my own fingernails, from our fourth generation corn and soybean farm in northeast Iowa, represents the real-world perspective I bring to ...