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Diabetes Awareness Month: Navigating the holidays with diabetes

During November, it’s important for us to raise awareness of a condition affecting millions of Americans — diabetes. Diabetes care has changed significantly over the years, and with today’s medications, technology, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, education and treatment options, individuals have more tools than ever to manage their diabetes. As millions of Americans living with diabetes know, a diagnosis does not mean you have to give up the things you enjoy or stop living a full and active life. As we approach the holiday season, many individuals will enjoy time ...

Data center discussion deserves a bigger room

When a city plans something big, it should not check driver’s licenses at the door. That is what happened earlier this month in Woodward. The City Council cancelled its regular meeting on Oct. 12 and instead held what it called a “community conversation” in the Woodward-Granger High ...

Q&A: Things to Know About Your Healthcare Coverage

Q: When is Medicare’s open enrollment season? A: More than 700,000 Iowans are enrolled in Medicare for their healthcare coverage. From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, Iowans have the opportunity to review and change their enrollment for the upcoming year in Prescription Drug plans (Part D), Medicare ...

Our health care decisions today will shape Webster County tomorrow

As we near the November elections, much of the political conversation will focus on the economy, education, taxes and other issues affecting our families and communities. I would like you to consider one more question: What can we do to ensure quality health care remains available close to ...

Rooted in community, committed to truth

When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers. With all of the enormous changes in this country and media since 1776, it’s noteworthy that more than 5,000 newspapers are still informing ...

You’re invited to play the Fort Dodge version of ‘Jeopardy’

As founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart, her business story “has no parallel,” said the legendary Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha. She was born in 1893 in present-day Belarus and journeyed to the United States in 1917, first to Seattle and then to Fort Dodge and then to Omaha where in ...