The George and Doris Merrill Family Foundation 5M Scholarship Fund through the Fort Dodge Community Foundation announces 33 scholarship awards to area students who are attending college during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Students receiving new scholarship awards include: Madalyn Anderson, Webster City; Samuel Berglund, Dayton; Jessica Carlson, Stratford; Mason Claude, Webster City; Kenly Clough, Gowrie; Rachael Essing, Fort Dodge; Tommy Garnica, Fort Dodge; Megan Gilbert, Webster City; Emily Goings; Stratford, Jordan Hennigar, Clarion; Ann Marie LaSourd, Webster City; Carlyn O’Hearn, Webster City; Brayton Rude, Fort Dodge; Faithlyn Schwandt, Iowa Falls; Emma Rae Snell, Manson.

Students receiving renewal scholarship awards include: Brittany Carlson, Stratford; Megan Carpenter, Webster City; Marissa Christensen, Manson; Kennedy Daniels, Webster City; Colby Deakman, Stratford; Hunter Draeger, Stratford; Kierra Eldridge, Lehigh; Maureen “Molly” Gilbert, Webster City; Carly Hubbard, Webster City; Colter Johnson, Stratford; Abbigail Luppes, Blairsburg; Jessica Martens, Gowrie; Bailey Mason, Duncombe; Kylee Ormesher, Stanhope; Tanner Struchen, Webster City; Dirk Timm, Blairsburg; Alexis Tudor, Webster City; and Alexa Whipple, Story City.

For more information about the George and Doris Merrill Family Foundation 5M Scholarship Fund, call the Fort Dodge Community Foundation at 573-3179.