Addrea Groff’s love language is food. Specifically, making food for others to show her love. “I’ve had a lifelong love of food,” she said. “I love to see the joy that it can bring to another person. And so I always shared my love with people through food.” That’s what led to ...
In the decade since CJ Bio America found its home in Iowa’s Crossroads of Global Innovation ag industrial park west of Fort Dodge, the company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Webster County. CJ Bio America’s most recent investment, a $20 million expansion of its plant ...
Gale McKinney feels the key to continued growth in Fort Dodge and the surrounding communities is through the support of local businesses. McKinney has seen just that firsthand as owner of The Iowa Outdoors Hardware and Rental Store, located at 1597 Third Ave. N.W. in Fort Dodge, along with ...
What’s in a name? For the downtown coffee shop owned by Rich and Jo Seltz, it’s a whole lotta love. The Seltzes purchased the Central Perk and Dessert coffee shop, 14 S. 14th St., from Darcy Lee in January. On July 19, the couple announced a new name for the business — Ardys Mae Coffee & Dessert. “Ardys was my mother’s name,” Jo Seltz said. “And Mae was Rich’s mother’s middle name.” A lot had changed in the coffee shop in the previous six months. “When we took over in the first part of January, we came in with the idea of only cleaning the carpet,” Jo Seltz ...
AML Riverside, a Fort Dodge maker of animal pharmaceuticals, is about to launch another expansion project. It will be an $11 million investment that will create 16 new jobs. “This investment will provide an important new capability for our Fort Dodge facility that enables continued ...
Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s dragons hoard treasure, CoriAnn Theroux hoards books. That’s why she decided to open The Green Dragon Bookshop in downtown Fort Dodge. “I’ve always wanted to open a bookstore,” Theroux said. “When I came out of high school and was going into college, ...
