Ryan Davis, of Fort Dodge, started driving for DoorDash, a mobile food order delivery service, in July to be able to spend more time with his grandmother, who was ill. Davis also owns First Source Cellular and being in the store all day kept him away from his grandmother at home. He heard ...
GOLDFIELD — It’s the last round barn standing in Wright County. In fact, it’s one of the last round barns in Iowa. It’s located southwest of Goldfield in Eagle Grove Township, and it’s close to the Boone River that inspired the name Riverview Farm, which can still be read in the ...
People aren’t buying as much gold jewelry as they were in previous decades, according to Marilyn Simonson, owner of Wicker Jewelers. And the rise of online retail companies like Amazon has certainly impacted the number of shoppers at brick and mortar stores. But Wicker, 700 Central Ave., ...
STRATFORD — When Preston and Amber Gable came upon an acreage near Stratford in Hamilton County, they uncovered what would eventually become a dream come true — a barn to use as the center of their business — Back Country Winery. The couple purchased the property in 2014. Although it wasn’t their immediate plans to begin a business, things moved faster than they had anticipated. “It definitely was the barn that attracted us to the acreage. We knew a winery was something we wanted to do someday, but it wasn’t a concern,” said Amber Gable. “We both had full-time jobs ...
There is little question that agriculture operates in cycles of “good” and “bad” years. The depressed ag economy of today, the years leading up to it and the fallout happening because of it has caused Rob Jacobs, CEO of Cooperative Farmers Elevator (CFE), to try and help the shareholder members of that company by offering them access to professional counseling and consulting services, free of charge to those members. They have teamed up with Connections Inc., Employee Assistance Program (EAP), an employee assistance firm based in Rock Valley, Iowa. This program is offering ...
Joline Reyes has a pretty steady supply chain for the products she sells at New 2 You Second Hand Store. “I’ve got 22 grandkids,” Reyes said from her newly opened store at 1100 Central Ave. in downtown Fort Dodge. “I get a lot of clothes from the grandkids. When they outgrow them, ...
