Farmers are used to a lot of uncertainty. Will the rains come at the right time, the right amount, or will they not come at all? Will the sun burn up the crops in July? Will thunderheads drop hail in August? But farmers are used to worrying about the weather. There’s a whole new world ...
WEBSTER CITY — There are not many who can say they have worked for 40 years for the same business. There are even fewer who can survive three transitions of ownership and also shift with the company during several moves. Mitch Young, shop foreman and master certified technician at Good ...
When it came time to establish themselves as new business owners on the block, there was no place like home for the Daniel triplets of Fort Dodge. Sam, Thomas and James Daniel are climbing the ladder – both literally and figuratively — with their new business, Daniel Gutters and ...
Community Health Center of Fort Dodge has named Rebecca “Becky” Mooney as its new behavioral health director. As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, she provides mental health evaluation, diagnosis and medication management for patients while also leading and supporting behavioral health programs across the organization. “I’m excited to join CHC as the behavioral health director,” said Mooney. “I look forward to continuing to grow behavioral health services and improving access to care. Supporting brain health as part of overall wellness is something I care ...
When Fort Dodge residents refer to homeless people, they often envision single men living on the street or in a shelter with a substance abuse problem or mental illness. However, local experts note that such views are based on stereotypical overgeneralizations of homeless people. Randy Kuhlman, chief executive officer of the Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way, for example, said that many people become homeless because of a limited supply of affordable housing, aging housing stock, high rental costs, rising food costs, low wages, cutbacks in government benefits, and other ...
