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Sen. Ernst presents award to Boone River Financial

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

Profit margin slim, but feedlot owners carry on

Local Business

DAYTON — They are among the beef producers caught in the squeeze between the end consumers and initial producers. A.J. and Kellie Blair don’t keep up on the price of hamburger at local grocery stores, but they do know the price of calves ready to feed out — and somewhere in the ...