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VDMC wins 2024 Top Workplaces Industry Award

WEBSTER CITY — Van Diest Medical Center announced that it has been named a 2024 National Top Workplaces winner for the Healthcare Industry. Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand, determines the awards. The Top Workplaces program has a 17-year history of surveying and celebrating people-first organizations nationally and across 60 regional markets. Top Workplaces Industry awards celebrate organizations that have built people-first workplace cultures within their sector. The award marks them as an employer of choice for those seeking ...

Carving a niche

OTTOSEN — In a world where “get big or get out” seems to dominate, Farmers Co-op Ottosen is proving that a smaller, farmer-owned cooperative can still compete. “You’re not just a number here,” said Jeff Wiuff, board president of Farmers Co-op Ottosen, who leads a seven-member ...

Decker names new business development directors

Three veteran managers at Decker Truck Line Inc.have been named as business development directors for the company. They are Jennifer Stuber Graham, Blaine Martin and Will Kenny. “The business development director role offers an exciting opportunity to drive diversification and ...

Farm to bottle

WEBSTER CITY — Webster City Area Chamber Ambassadors recently toured the Wildcat Distilling Co. farm, located on the Lemke family farm just outside Webster City. This farm-to-bottle distillery is unique in that all stages of production take place on-site, from tilling, milling, and ...

Keep on dancing

When Sandy and Roger Hollingsworth were ready to turn over the reins to their long-time dance studio in Fort Dodge, they didn’t have to look very far. Waiting in the wings was their daughter, Vicky Hollingsworth Vinchattle, who rebranded the renowned dance academy VDA Powerstars Dance ...

Only the best

SAC CITY — Cattlemen’s Steakhouse of Sac County has been selected as one of five nominees for Cream of the Crop’s Best Steakhouse in Iowa. This is the inaugural year of the Cream of the Crop program. Tracy Freese, business development executive of Lee Agri-Media, said, “I’m one ...