SAC CITY — Sometime in October of this year, Shirley Phillips will be attending a ribbon cutting for the last 40 mile section of U.S. Highway 20 to be completed as a four-lane route. It will be the final link in an Iowa four-lane highway that’s been her passion and much of her life’s ...

“When I see certain kids struggle and then they graduate and they get to walk across that stage, that is the greatest feeling in the world. That’s one thing I’m going to miss.” This statement by Marcy Harms came as no surprise. Harms has been serving the Fort Dodge Community School ...

EAGLE GROVE — When Nancy Strub and her husband, Gene Strub, moved to Eagle Grove about 40 years ago, they weren’t accustomed to having neighbors. “We moved here from South Dakota,” Gene Strub said. “The nearest neighbor was a quarter-mile way.” But when the two got out of ...

Mary Kay Daniel believes that it’s important to give back to her hometown. And that’s exactly what the Fort Dodge native has done time and again over the years. Daniel, who was born and raised in Fort Dodge, is involved in countless activities, community service projects and business ...

At 95 years old, Marian Beisser isn’t ready to retire any time soon. She has been a pillar of Beisser Lumber Company ever since she and her husband founded the business in 1953, with one employee and a $2,500 investment. Today, she continues to keep the accounts for the business ...

CLARION — Duane Asbe has been involved in just about any and every local organization a person could name. So it seemed like a natural fit when Asbe was elected as Clarion’s mayor in November. He officially took office in January. “I have thoroughly enjoyed Clarion and being born ...