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FD council hires library architect

The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday retained a Des Moines firm to design some updates to the 25-year-old library building. The council hired FEH Design. The company’s fee will be equal to 8.25 percent of the cost of the work. The Fort Dodge Public Library by the City Square opened in 2001. The proposed improvements include new carpeting, painting, upgraded doors, a more efficient service desk and an improved layout of the interior. About $1.1 million is budgeted for the project. Half of that money will come from a general obligation bond issue and half will come from a major ...

Snyder: 'Go out and try things in life'

LAKE CITY — Valedictorian Annabelle Snyder gave her fellow members of the South Central Calhoun High School Class of 2026 a final challenge on Sunday. “Go out and try things in life,” she told the group of 44 graduates plus family and friends in attendance in SCC’s gymnasium in Lake ...

Class urged to make their ‘dash’ meaningful

POCAHONTAS — Jack Gerdes spoke to his classmates and reminded them to make their dash meaningful. Gerdes and Addison Shimon spoke to family, friends and faculty members on Sunday during the Pocahontas Area High School graduation ceremony. The class of 67 students listened to Gerdes ...

Honors heaped high

The traditional green gowns and mortar boards weren’t the only symbols of academic success the graduates of St. Edmond Catholic School wore as they walked across a stage Sunday afternoon to receive their diplomas. Almost all of the 35 graduates had cords of various colors draped around ...

‘Our journey is just beginning’

GOWRIE —For one Southeast Valley High School senior, the path to Sunday’s graduation began on the West Coast and circled back to the same small Iowa town, school building, gymnasium, and even stage that her father had crossed while graduating decades earlier. “Standing here today ...

Double trouble and Marley

HUMBOLDT — Twins Gweni Hayden and Jonny Hayden celebrated becoming Humboldt High School alumni Sunday afternoon by wearing matching “Grad” glasses to the commencement ceremony. They got to sit next to each other and once it was time to cross the stage, chivalry won over. “Gweni ...