Sen. Ernst presents award to Boone River Financial
WEBSTER CITY — In celebration of National Small Business Week, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, presented an official document on Friday to Webster City’s Boone River Financial. Owned by Andy Hejlik and his wife Tami, the document recognized their business as Hamilton County’s Small ...
Two hurt in train, car crash
GOWRIE — Two people were seriously injured when the car they were in collided with a freight train in Gowrie Sunday afternoon. The collision happened at about 3 p.m. at the grade crossing on Lincoln Street. One of the injured people was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital by a LifeFlight ...
Ready to take on the world
The sound of the traditional graduation march filled Hodges Fieldhouse Friday as blue-clad graduates of Iowa Central Community College filed in, ready to begin the next stage of their lives after completing their studies. According to Sessions Harlan, the keynote speaker of the ...
Coal, gypsum were key to growth of Fort Dodge
In Fort Dodge, there is a restaurant called Mineral City Mill and Grill. South of town, there is an off-highway vehicle park called Gypsum City. Also south of Fort Dodge is an unincorporated village called Coalville. All of those mineral-inspired names are a tribute to the long ...
Time for a Second Chance
Fort Dodge’s first Second Chance Job Fair, offering employment opportunities to persons with criminal histories, was held Thursday morning in the Athletics for Education and Success facility at 712 Third St. N.W. Also referred to as a “workforce connections job fair” or “felon-friendly job fair,” the Second Chance hiring event was sponsored by Iowa WORKS of Fort Dodge in partnership with AFES, the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, and the Iowa Department of Corrections. Brian Pibal, local career planner for Iowa WORKS, explains that this unique type of job fair is based ...