Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, was the keynote speaker at Thursday’s official opening of Webster City’s Gateway Industrial Park. She began her address with a quote by Peter Drucker, management consultant to IBM, General Electric and General Motors, and ...
WEBSTER CITY — The Ace Hardware store in downtown Webster City has opened its doors with a fresh look and everyone is smiling as they greet you when you walk through the doors. No one is smiling more than Andy Pruismann, the new manager of the store, which is located at 541 Second ...
BRITT — Years of showing cattle and earning purple ribbons in the ring led one north-central Iowa farm couple to create their birth-to-plate cattle operation called Purple Ribbon Beef. As a fourth-generation family farm, sisters Ashley and Sara loved traveling across the country showing ...
When Angie Reiter and Crystal Mikesell were growing up and in the kitchen they would always ask their aunt Tammy if the recipe turned out. Aunt Tammy’s response was always “Did you add a pinch of love?” When the sisters decided to share their cooking skills with the community, ...
Compassion, kindness and a genuine connection with patients earned Ian Wellik, a nurse at the Van Diest Family Health Clinic, the 2026 Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses Wednesday afternoon during a special presentation in the Van Diest Medical Center clinic board room. Wellik was one ...
DAYTON — They are among the beef producers caught in the squeeze between the end consumers and initial producers. A.J. and Kellie Blair don’t keep up on the price of hamburger at local grocery stores, but they do know the price of calves ready to feed out — and somewhere in the ...
