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Progress 2024 Health and Wellness

Ready, set, grow!

The Community Health Center of Fort Dodge expanded into Eagle Grove last year in a move that not only preserved access to dental care there but also added medical and mental health care. In 2024, it will do more of the same, providing more options for care in Wright County. At its main ...

Ready to work it?

The Fort Dodge area just gained a new fitness training option. Pilateswerx LLC, owned by Rachel Brandow, of Fort Dodge, opened last summer at 801 Central Ave. Brandow is a personal trainer who works with individuals and pairs for Pilates. She meets with clients inside 2020 Health and ...

‘Heart and soul’

It’s been 10 years in the making, but Community and Family Resources has officially opened the doors to a women’s recovery house in Fort Dodge. CFR provides outpatient behavioral health services as well as residential treatment and outpatient treatment programs for substance use or ...

‘A rebuilding year’

2023 was a “rebuilding” year for the Webster County Health Department, giving the department the foundation it needs going into this year, according to Director Jennifer Sumpter. “I feel like we’re going to be in a good place in 2024,” Sumpter said. “I think we’re finally ...

New leadership

The new director of the Webster County Health Department didn’t have to go far to move into her new office. Jennifer Sumpter, who most recently had served as the chief nursing officer for the department, has been with Webster County Health since 2007. She was appointed by the Webster ...

Turning skeptics into believers

Six weeks after opening on Central Avenue, Sunmed/Your CBD Store was already seeing good business and curious customers, according to co-owner Keenan Schuur. Schuur and his business partner, Jack Hanson, announced in January 2023 their plans to open a store to sell hemp-based products and ...