The George and Doris Merrill Family Foundation 5M Scholarship Fund through the Fort Dodge Community Foundation has announced 36 scholarship awards to area students who are attending college during the 2018-2019 academic year.

Students receiving new scholarship awards include: Madalyn Anderson, Webster City; Samuel Berglund, Dayton; Brittany Carlson, Stratford; Jessica Carlson, Stratford; Megan Carpenter, Webster City; Marissa Christensen, Manson; Mason Claude, Webster City; Kenly Clough, Gowrie; Mitchell Coleman-Hardy, Fort Dodge; Kennedy Daniels, Webster City; Colby Deakman, Stratford; Rachael Essing, Fort Dodge; Tommy Garnica, Fort Dodge; Maureen “Molly” Gilbert, Webster City; Emily Goings, Stratford; Jordan Hennigar, Clarion; Ann Marie LaSourd, Webster City; Benjamin Nelson, Ellsworth; Carlyn O’Hearn, Webster City; Brayton Rude, Fort Dodge; Faithlyn Schwandt, Iowa Falls; Emma Rae Snell, Manson; Dirk Timm, Blairsburg; Alexis Tudor, Webster City; Alexa Whipple, Story City.

Students receiving renewal scholarship awards include: Madison Engels, Fort Dodge; Mikala Harrill, Webster City; Marcus Johnson, Huxley; Ross Keane, Webster City; Courtney Lampman, Webster City; Halle Mason, Duncombe, Jadeyn Nelson, Fort Dodge; Aaron Porter, Fort Dodge; Taylor Pruismann, Webster City; Santana Rocha, Fort Dodge; and Nicholas Simpson, Fort Dodge.

For more information about the George and Doris Merrill Family Foundation 5M Scholarship Fund, call the Fort Dodge Community Foundation at (515) 573-3170.