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KALO — Tom Krough, co-owner of Kalo Kustoms Garage in Kalo, is a pretty lucky guy. He gets to spend every day he works in the shop with his daughter, Hannah Krough. She’s the other co-owner. “It’s just perfect,” Tom Krough said. “We’re on the same page all the ...

Farmstand’s Year of Growth

WEBSTER CITY — At Farmstand, it’s the Year of Growth. That’s what owners Zoami Calles Sosa and Antonio Rios call it. The couple opened the greenhouse at 1544 Second St. in 2021. They refer to that year as the Great Planting. Farmstand’s second year, 2022, they call the Year of ...

FD ‘serial inventor’ pursues new opportunities

A self-described serial inventor, Fort Dodge native Kevin Friesth has brainstormed roughly 40 items that have resulted in U.S. and international approved patents that he holds. Friesth first got the technology bug as a teenager in the early 1980s. That’s when he began working to adapt ...

The art of creativity

What started as a simple hobby in her spare time became a professional passion for Fort Dodge’s Lindsay Alstott, owner of the popular local sign-making company, Pallet Junkie. Alstott, a 2003 Fort Dodge Senior High School graduate, had a general concept for her business model six years ...

Wiemers receives DAISY Award

Alissa Wiemers, a registered nurse in the Critical Care Unit (CCU), received the DAISY Award at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. She was nominated for the award by multiple co-workers in the CCU. Her nomination reads: “Alissa has always been such a kind person. ...