When Sandy and Roger Hollingsworth were ready to turn over the reins to their long-time dance studio in Fort Dodge, they didn’t have to look very far. Waiting in the wings was their daughter, Vicky Hollingsworth Vinchattle, who rebranded the renowned dance academy VDA Powerstars Dance ...

SAC CITY — Cattlemen’s Steakhouse of Sac County has been selected as one of five nominees for Cream of the Crop’s Best Steakhouse in Iowa. This is the inaugural year of the Cream of the Crop program. Tracy Freese, business development executive of Lee Agri-Media, said, “I’m one ...

WEBSTER CITY — The latest transition at Timm’s Auto Body in Webster City has been more than 30 years in the making. Passing down a family business takes time. Rick and Bev Timm opened the business on Webster City’s east side in 1992, hoping for the best, but likely never imagining ...

Throughout the month of April, Northwest Bank employees shared important lessons on saving money with local community students as part of the American Bankers Associations’ National Teach Children to Save Program. Since becoming Teach Children to Save Champions in 2012, Northwest Bank ...

A new dealer of off highway vehicles and motorcycles is welcoming customers in Fort Dodge. RJ Power Sports, a dealer of Polaris, Kawasaki and CF Moto products, is located at Fifth Avenue South and Webster County Road P59. “People have welcomed us very well,” said Hunter McCoy, ...

ALGONA — The Kossuth County Economic Development Corporation was in its infancy when Maureen Elbert took the reigns as executive director in 1998. Throughout the next 26 years she worked with leaders in business and industry, communities and government within Kossuth and Palo Alto ...