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Progress 2025 Health and Wellness

Upward and onward

A massive project to upgrade surgical facilities at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center will begin this year. The effort is estimated to cost $39.8 million. It is scheduled to start this summer and be complete in the spring of 2027. When completed, the front of the ...

UnityPoint Health to kick off internship program this summer

UnityPoint Health — Fort Dodge is always on the lookout for new talent to meet the demand for health care workers. That is why it developed a paid summer internship program that high school juniors and seniors can participate in along with college students. “We know that health care ...

Iowa Specialty marks growth

The Iowa Specialty Hospital Fort Dodge Clinic on First Avenue South has been open since 2006, but it looks a lot different than it did when its first patients came in the door. Significant exterior and interior renovations that were just completed were celebrated in July with a ...

Facial Rejuvenation opens

Dr. Eric Knox is now offering minimally invasive facial rejuvenation services. He recently opened Facial Rejuvenation of Fort Dodge. Knox graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High School and earned a bachelor of arts in biology from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where he was inducted ...

A year of transitions

Following a busy year which saw the city’s firefighters responding to more than the usual number of structure fires, the Fort Dodge Fire Department is entering a year of transition. The year will bring new leadership as Fire Chief Steve Hergenreter retires after 35 years of service to ...

Community connection

If it seemed like Fort Dodge police officers were at all kinds of events and activities during 2024, it is because they were at all kinds of events and activities. “To continue to build relationships within the community, the Fort Dodge Police Department took part in a large number of ...