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Going organic

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STRATFORD — Trying times in agriculture can still add up to a positive outlook for the long-term future. This was just one of the messages to come out of the Iowa Organic Association’s (IOC) annual meeting held Dec. 9 at the Backcountry Winery east of Stratford. “There is good ...

2 Iowa National Guardsmen killed in Syria

Local News

PALMYRA, SYRIA — A Marshalltown National Guardsman who grew up in the community, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 2014 and worked as a laser engraving specialist at Emerson was killed in a terrorist attack by a lone ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria, early Saturday morning, according ...

Bridging the communication gap

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Teachers and staff in the Fort Dodge Community School District have a couple of new tools to help them communicate with students and families who are struggling with English or do not speak the language at all. The Fort Dodge Middle School and Fort Dodge Senior High staff have been able to ...

Conrad named ‘Supplier of Year’

Local Business

Tiffany Conrad, Visit Fort Dodge’s Community Sales Manager, was honored last month being named Supplier of the Year by Meeting Professionals International (MPI) at the Heartland Chapter’s annual meeting in Omaha. “Tiffany is the kind of volunteer every planner dreams of working ...