WEBSTER CITY — A $2.66 million incentive package from the state of Iowa will help turn a Webster City industrial building into a place where protein drinks will be produced. Edible Garden AG Inc., based in Belvidere, New Jersey, plans to spend $75 million to turn the building at 401 Des ...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop ...
WEBSTER CITY — This week City Manager John Harrenstein received a letter from Quest Site Solutions, confirming Webster City’s Gateway Industrial Park, the new and official, name for Webster City’s southeast industrial park, is now certified for development. Reflecting on the news, ...
MANSON — Rost Motor Inc., a fixture in the Manson community for 78 years, has closed. A statement on the Ford dealership’s web site indicates that the business closed this month. The phone at the business rang unanswered Thursday afternoon. A call to owner Bernie Rost was not returned Thursday. The business was founded by Manson area native Leo Rost, a self-taught mechanic. In 1947, after Rost returned from serving in the Army during World War II, he and another man opened a combination mechanic’s garage and hardware store. Initially, he did his mechanical work with just ...
Long before many local dogs and cats find their forever homes with loving people, they are at a place called Almost Home. Its full proper name is the Almost Home Humane Society of North Central Iowa, and it offers shelter, food and veterinary care for pets. On Saturday, area residents will be able to support that mission during a fun night on the town featuring food, live music and many auction items to bid on. That event is the 16th annual Fur Ball to be held at the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. N. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $25 at the door. “The furry friends, ...
The United Way of Greater Fort Dodge and the American Red Cross were working throughout the day Thursday to help families that lost everything when flames ripped through an apartment building. The early Thursday morning fire was at Westridge Townhomes on Avenue M West in a two-story ...
