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Local businesses get grants for E15 equipment

Four area convenience stores were recently awarded state grants to help pay for installing the equipment needed to dispense E15 ethanol. Those stores are: • Kwik Star, 201 N. 15th St., Fort Dodge — $50,000 • Kwik Star, Overpass Drive, Webster City — $50,000 • Nu Way K & H Cooperative, Iowa Highway 17, Goldfield — $63,900 • Stratford Country Store, Iowa Highway 175, Stratford — $50,000 E15 is a higher blend of ethanol that requires some different equipment than what is used for typical E10 ethanol. The grants were awarded by the Iowa Renewable Fuels ...

Stanley promoted at KHI

KHI Solutions has announced that Julie Stanley has recently been promoted to a member of the KHI Client Services Team. She has been with KHI since 2014, and her previous role involved assisting independent insurance agents around the state with their health insurance service needs. Her ...

Local insurance agent honored by COUNTRY Financial

COUNTRY Financial Insurance Agent Chuy Rivas, of Fort Dodge, has earned a position on the insurance group’s distinguished All American team. Rivas is among a select group of top COUNTRY Financial agency managers and financial representatives who qualified for the award. COUNTRY Financial has more than 2,000 agency managers and financial representatives in 19 states. All American is awarded each year by COUNTRY Financial to agency managers and financial representatives who have excelled in identifying insurance products and financial solutions that fit the needs of their clients. ...

Two TRMC nurses honored; Grossnickle, Monaghan named Great Iowa Nurses

UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center is honored to recognize two of its nurses who have been selected as 2024 Great Iowa Nurses. This prestigious award annually recognizes nurses for their outstanding contributions to their patients, team members and the nursing profession. ...

Hanna receives A.C.E. Award

Alison Hanna, manager of volunteer and guest services/patient safety companions, received the A.C.E. Award at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. Hanna was nominated by Jamie Comstock-Cramer, a patient sitter, for the work she had done with the Patient Safety Companion ...

Price receives ROSE Award

Irine Price, a patient care technician in Acute Care, received the ROSE Award at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. She was nominated by a patient for the care she received while at the hospital. “Irine was very welcoming and very compassionate,” the patient ...