The George and Doris Merrill Family Foundation 5M Scholarship Fund through the Fort Dodge Community Foundation has announced 46 scholarship awards to area students who are attending college during the 2019-20 academic year.

Students receiving new scholarship awards include:

Tanner Abbas, Kanawha; Nathan Bocken, Fort Dodge; Keyla Benavides, Fort Dodge; Madalyn Casady, Webster City; Hunter Collicott, Stratford; Jacob Dilley, Webster City; Harlee Draeger, Webster City; Preston Erickson, Stratford; Michael Gilbert, Webster City; Alesha Hanson, Manson; Mae Hinderaker, Story City; Cheyenne Johnson; Stanhope; Elizabeth Kuebler, Webster City; Hannah Miller, Webster City; Megan Patrick, Badger; Aaron Simpson, Fort Dodge; Bethany Sinn, Marshalltown; Sadelle Snell, Manson; Ryan Wagner, Fort Dodge.

Students receiving renewal scholarship awards include:

Madalyn Anderson, Webster City; Jessica Carlson, Stratford; Marissa Christensen, Manson; Mason Claude, Webster City; Kenly Clough, Gowrie; Mitchell Coleman-Hardy, Fort Dodge; Kennedy Daniels, Webster City; Colby Deakman, Stratford; Madison Engels, Fort Dodge; Rachel Essing, Fort Dodge; Maureen “Molly” Gilbert, Webster City; Emily Goings, Stratford; Mikala Harrill, Webster City; Jordan Hennigar, Clarion; Marcus Johnson, Huxley; Ross Keane, Webster City; Halle Mason, Duncombe; Benjamin Nelson, Ellsworth; Santana Rocha, Fort Dodge; Brayton Rude, Fort Dodge; Faithlyn Schwandt, Iowa Falls; Nicholas Simpson, Fort Dodge; Emma Rae Snell, Manson; Robert Trausch, Jr., Webster City; Alex Whipple, Story City.

The Merrill Family believes in the importance of education and enjoys the opportunity to help area students pursue their educational goals.

For more information about the George and Dorris Merrill Family Foundation 5M Scholarship Fund, contact the Fort Dodge Community Foundation at 573-3170.