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Local Business

‘I’m proud to be from this town’

Maddie Lind wanted to honor her hometown and show just how much Fort Dodge has grown over the years. That is part of the reason Lind opted to make a name change from Creative Signs and Graphics to Dodge Graphix during a recent move for the business. “If you had asked me when I moved ...

Your CBD Store coming to Fort Dodge

A new store selling hemp-based products and supplements will be opening in downtown Fort Dodge in the coming weeks. Your CBD Store is a franchise that sells Sunmed CBD products. The store will have all USDA-certified organic CBD hemp products, including tinctures, water solubles, gummies, ...

‘We are here for the community’

Located just outside of Fort Dodge, Lizard Creek Ranch is home to Creek Side, a modern dining establishment that comes loaded with more than just food and drink. Offering everything from appetizers to flatbreads to several dinner plates, Creek Side prides itself on being family-friendly, ...

From farm to Farmacy, Lundells harvest goodwill

IDA GROVE — Since 2017, Brian Lundell, 35, and his wife Lisa, 31, have had a few dreams concerning their future. The first was to add another hog barn to their farm operation; the other was to own and operate a coffee house. “It was one of those conversations a husband and wife have ...

Beisser Lumber follows founder’s guiding principles

Beisser Lumber is a full-service lumberyard, established in Fort Dodge in 1953, that offers Iowa builders and contractors quality building products and services. Fred Beisser started the company with $2,500 worth of lumber from a truck that had tipped over, and a rented feed mill. His wife, ...

O, Christmas tree

As families gathered round the table to celebrate Thanksgiving and enjoy the bountiful blessings brought to fruition by farmers, Christmas tree growers were gearing up for the swift and crazy selling season. At The Christmas Tree Farm in Story County, owner Sandra Hunter sells concolor ...