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FD native, boxing champ, announces book

For a few decades of his life, Fort Dodge native John Roby was focused on fighting. He began boxing when he was 16 years old and trained under the late Bud Fair, of Fort Dodge. After a long and distinguished amateur career, he turned pro. He fought 48 professional bouts and was the ...

Farmers plant while facing a harvest of worries

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 ...

Happily employed

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 ...

FAMILIAR NAME, NEW GENERATION

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 ...

Mooney named behavioral health director

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 ...