ROCKWELL CITY — Mike Sexton has resigned his seat in the Iowa House of Representatives to become leader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development programs in the state. The Republican’s House resignation was effective at 5 p.m. Friday. He will start his new job as the ...
Two area meat processing businesses have received grants from a new state program. The money is from the Choose Iowa Butchery Innovation Grant program. Skoglund Meats in West Bend received $25,000 to help pay for the addition of a smokehouse. The estimated total project cost is ...
A washed out area next to one of the Kenyon Road Bridge supports may look ominous, but it does not threaten the stability of the bridge, according to state Department of Transportation engineers. City Manager David Fierke received an email Friday from a DOT engineer who wrote “the erosion ...
Editor’s note: This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and organizations from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area who are making a difference in their communities. Murphy Washington was born and raised in Fort Dodge ...