-Messenger file photo
Ground was broken for the Vera Sun ethanol plant west of Fort Dodge. Notables at the event included, from left, Mark Halvorson, Bob Dinneen, Rick Tolman, Lucy Norton, Eddie Peterson, Bruce Jamerson, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Don Endres, Jeff See, Matt Janes, Tyler Stowater, Ron Fagen, Dave Vander Griend.