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Progress 2020 Health and Wellness

Beacon of Hope: Caring for the homeless

To help meet its goal of sheltering and caring for homeless men, the Beacon of Hope opened the Second Chance thrift store in March of 2010. It occupied a storefront just east of the shelter on 11th Street North. The store then, and now, provides an income stream to help operate the ...

Fort Dodge Fire Department: Expansion in progress

There’s a new look to the firehouse that has stood at the corner of Central Avenue and 15th Street for more than 50 years. A 40-by-90-foot addition has been built onto the east side, creating new sleeping quarters and a physical fitness room. “It doubles our square footage here,” ...

Fort Dodge Community Foundation: a better Fort Dodge

Many Fort Dodge residents make charitable contributions each year with the goal of making the community a better place to call home. Helping make charitable giving as easy as possible and assuring that donations have the maximum possible positive impact is the mission of the Fort Dodge ...

Humboldt County Memorial Hospital: a vision realized

HUMBOLDT – As Humboldt County Memorial Hospital enters 2020, a vision 35 years in the making continued to secure the institution as a regional driver for the county. “The fact that it became a reality (in 2019) for people who have been here 35 years is a huge win,” said CEO Michelle ...

Active Health Clinics: Living your best life now

One of the goals at Active Health Clinics is to help people live their best life, according to Dr. Josh Mason. And one of the ways the Fort Dodge clinic is hoping to accomplish that goal is through a method called regenerative medicine. “Active Health is always willing to help our ...

UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center: onward and upward

UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center improved its bottom line and its patient experience scores in 2019. And Leah Glasgo, the hospital’s president and CEO, is optimistic those trends will continue in 2020. “Our financial turnaround is really important so we can be ...