Every day, people can be seen going in and out of the three newest stores in Corridor Plaza — Dunham’s Sports, Shoe Sensation and Maurice’s. Not far away from those stores, the finishing touches are being put on the new Chick-fil-A restaurant. “Our vision for Chick-fil-A Fort Dodge ...

A new biorefinery employing about 60 people will be built in Webster County as a result of a partnership between CJ Bio America and Lygos Inc. The planned facility will be located close to the CJ Bio America plant in the ag industrial park west of Fort Dodge called Iowa’s Crossroads of ...

Tucked into the bewildering maze of machines, tanks, pipes and railroad tracks that is the Cargill plant in Webster County is a new facility that will produce the first food-grade product in the county. That recent addition to the plant will produce corn syrup, much of which will eventually ...

The Crossroads Hotel and Event Center has replaced the former Best Western Starlite Village Inn & Suites in Fort Dodge. The property ceased to be a Best Western as of Dec. 2, and was rebranded as the Crossroads Hotel and Event Center. “In looking at our hotel guest composition, we ...

BARNUM — A new farm dealership that is “less brick and mortar, more farm and field” will be opening in Webster County. Claas Farmpoint, a division of global farm machinery manufacturer Claas, has signed a lease agreement on a temporary site in Barnum and has hired three technicians ...

Greg and Ann Larson have a love of experimentation. And Fort Dodge area beer lovers couldn’t be happier. The new owners of River Hops Brewing, located downtown at 1014 Central Ave., are keeping what former owners Ron and Diane Grebner started and adding some of their own ...