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Progress 2022 Region

Gypsum City Off-Highway Vehicle Park

A handful of off-highway vehicle enthusiasts from around Fort Dodge used to look at former quarry land south of the city and see lots of opportunities for some great riding. Their vision, hard work and perseverance paid off. Now, they and every other OHV rider from Iowa and the Midwest can ...

Webster County Courthouse

After a year and a half of work, the Webster County Courthouse is no longer enclosed in scaffolding. A project to restore the building’s roof and iconic clock tower began in March 2020 and was finally deemed complete at the end of summer 2021. A rededication ceremony was held Oct. 1 ...

Webster County

When people think of Webster County, they may first think of the county seat — Fort Dodge. However, Webster County is made up of several equally important smaller communities that each had their own exciting developments in 2021. Dayton Dayton saw the return of the ever-popular Dayton ...

Pocahontas County

Conservation improvements, new grant programs and successful partnerships are just a few of the ways Pocahontas County is moving forward. Conservation Director Brian Ries said Little Clear Lake Park, just southeast of Albert City, recently completed a three-year effort to provide for the ...

Calhoun County

CALHOUN COUNTY — Calhoun County spent 2021 telling the world it is open for business — through the development of a business park to the construction of a new grocery store to welcoming new community leaders and more. In June, the new Calhoun County Business Park project broke ground ...

Hamilton County

WEBSTER CITY — Just as the flowers in all of the containers along Second Street were in full bloom, a mural project downtown blossomed with native Iowa flowers, butterflies and bees. Mandy Teig Grotewold and her mother, Sandy Teig, partnered on the large mural that sprang to life on a ...