FARNHAMVILLE — For a few brief shining hours Saturday afternoon, Bob Meyer, of Callender, wasn’t Bob Meyer, of Callender. Instead he was Merlin the Magician from the Realm of Camelot. He was visiting the Kingdom of Farnhamville to partake in the wonders of the town’s inaugural ...
By BILL SHEA bshea@messengernews.net Iowa Central Community College President Jesse Ulrich was in Washington, D.C., Friday telling national leaders how a new version of federal student aid will make an impact locally. That new form of aid is called Workforce Pell. Iowa Central is the ...
Michael Larson, commercial market president at First Interstate Bank, shared one of the things that keeps employees at the institution busy on Monday and Tuesday mornings during a Community Fraud and Cyber Security Training session at the Fort Dodge Public Library Saturday morning — ...
April Wilson has given away a piece of her liver and one of her kidneys. She says she'd do it again if she could. In October 2019, Wilson donated a lobe of her liver to save her mother, Mary Lou Walker, of Fort Dodge, who had been diagnosed with non-alcoholic cirrhosis. Five years later, ...
What began as a mother’s worst nightmare – the death of her son – has resulted in a positive legacy and opportunity for students in the electrical technologies program at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Landon "Deno" Smith, a Fort Dodge native and Iowa Central student in ...
The Sonshine Singers, an ecumenical group of vocalists from Fort Dodge and surrounding communities, are planning a concert called “Faith, Music, & Hope” Sept. 27 at First Covenant Church, 201 Ave. H. It will start at 5 p.m. with doors opening at 4:15 p.m. For more than 20 years, this group has provided up-tempo and heart-felt anthems, all centered around the message of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Those attending the concert will hear favorite songs such as “Surely the Presence,” “Midnight Cry,” and “How Great Thou Art” as well as some new anthems. ...
