Corn growers have been eyeing the markets warily, considering the 2019 growing season didn’t treat many of them kindly. From the delayed planting season to a cold, rainy stretch of weather to heavy flooding, crop losses and very late harvests in many areas, the markets showed just how much of ...

Business owners in Fort Dodge are collaborating to bring an event to the downtown on Saturday which could leave one lucky customer with lots of gift cards. The event called, Sister Saturday, is this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fourteen businesses, including Rush Hour Clothing Co., ...

The Best Western Starlite Village Inn & Suites has new owners. The hotel at 1518 Third Ave. N.W., which has been a fixture in Fort Dodge since the1960s, was purchased by Crossroads Partners LLC, a locally-owned private investment group. The group purchased the property from A & B ...

STORM LAKE — Round barns have become an endangered species in Iowa, especially in the western half of the state, where relatively few round barns were built. The striking round barn that graces Clyde Krause’s farm south of Storm Lake, however, is an exception with a unique story. It ...

When Fort Dodge was hammered by a strong snowstorm last February, Kyle Johnson and his crew spent hours on end trying to dig out residents and businesses. “We plowed for 60 hours straight, no stopping,” said Johnson, owner of Johnson Bro’s Snow and Mow. “It was like 13 inches (of ...

LAKOTA — The farm of Eldon and Nancy Haas is located north of Lakota on the west side of U.S. Highway 169. From the highway a passerby can see the red barn with its white steel roof. It’s an indication of the significance of the barn to the farm. “That barn provided a lot of income ...