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Local Business

Kingsgate Insurance to mark 35 years of service

Kingsgate Insurance is proud to announce its upcoming 35th anniversary celebration, taking place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 4 at Kingsgate’s Fort Dodge office, 924 Central Ave. The event is open to the public and promises a family-friendly evening filled with food, entertainment, and ...

New beginnings

It has been almost a year since Lori Mason took over the reins of Seneca Foundry, a Webster City industry that had been in the same family for more than 100 years. Another family and another glass ceiling shattered, Mason is the first woman who was not a McCollough family member. The ...

‘Flowers Galore’

BOONE — The signs on county blacktop roads began sprouting up last spring touting “Flowers Galore.” There was no media blitz, no hoopla on social media, just an industrious young woman quietly working away to build a new family business. Follow the signs a short drive down a dusty ...

Industrial Park plans move forward

WEBSTER CITY — Ottie Maxey of the Hamilton County Growth Partnership updated the Hamilton County Supervisors on recent developments in economic development for the county. The Hamilton County Growth Partnership, which first met in February, has completed paperwork as a newly organized ...

‘We’re still here’

HARCOURT — The name on the side of the Engquist Lumber building in Harcourt may have changed, but according to Scott Engquist, the products and customer service are still top notch. “We’re still here, still doing things the way we always have,” said Engquist. Scott and Diane ...

Local leaders visit Nestle Purina HQ

Keeping in touch with the leaders of one of the major industries in Fort Dodge was the goal when three local leaders headed to St. Louis, Missouri, recently. Mayor Matt Bemrich; Astra Ferris, chief executive officer of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, and Chad Schaeffer, the ...