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St. Edmond second-grade teacher to be honored

A veteran second-grade teacher at St. Edmond Elementary School will be honored on Sunday by the Diocese of Sioux City. Candis Streit will receive the Excellence in Education Award at the Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools. She is in her 33rd year of teaching second ...

Former St. Edmond leader Walsh to get diocese honor

The Rev. Patrick Walsh, who led Catholic schools in Fort Dodge for about 10 years, will be honored by the Diocese of Sioux City later this month. Walsh will receive the Clergy Award at the Bishop’s Dinner for Catholic Schools on Sept. 22.. He became president of St. Edmond High School ...

UNIFIED, an experience

There’s a long list of local churches and faith groups that will be participating in the Aug. 20 UNIFIED Worship Experience at Iowa Central Community College. During the evening, students will be able to learn about the churches and groups, enjoy a worship event with everyone and maybe ...

New to the collar, new to Fort Dodge

The Rev. Kristine Leaman, the new priest at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Fort Dodge, came to her calling later in life after serving in a completely different capacity. “I was a psychiatric nurse,” Leaman said. “Which I was for a million years, give or take.” Towards the end ...

First female bishop of Western Iowa Synod to be installed

SIOUX CITY — Bishop Lorna H. Halaas, the first female bishop in the 31-year history of the Western Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will be installed during a formal ceremony at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 at First Lutheran Church, 3939 Cheyenne Blvd., Sioux ...

Holy Trinity Parish welcomes new priest

The Rev. Brian Feller, the new priest at Holy Trinity Parish in Fort Dodge, thought about being a priest from a young age. But after his roundabout journey to priesthood, he doesn’t pretend to know the future. That includes why God brought him to Webster County, where the bishop assigned ...