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Fort Dodge Realtor named top in Iowa

A Fort Dodge Realtor has been named the top Coldwell Banker agent in Iowa in units sold in 2024. Keenan Schuur, who has been with Coldwell Banker since May 2015, received the honor having sold $10.9 million in sales last year. Schuur received his brokers license in 2017 and became ...

2025 EMC Champion Tier Insurance Agency named

Town & Country Insurance has been named a Champion Tier Agency by EMC Insurance, a leading commercial property and casualty insurer. This designation means the agency is one of the top-performing EMC agencies in the country. The Champion designation places the agency in the top 4% of ...

Kaleidoscope effort honored

POCAHONTAS — When the late Leonard Olson began making kaleidoscopes in Pocahontas, they were handheld toys. His business, The Kaleidoscope Factory, gained a following, attracting admirers from across the state and the Midwest to the shop on Main Street. Olson died in 2019, but his family ...

Find it all at The Apple Attic

One of the key elements that changed when Emily and Denny Stucky purchased the Community Orchard was the decision to expand in terms of offering clothing, accessories and home decor. But recently, the owners realized that there was an even bigger base for providing those one-of-a-kind ...

New family, new president

WEBSTER CITY — Generational pride. That’s the legacy behind the story of Seneca Foundry, which was founded 116 years ago in Webster City. The McCollough family has continued to shift and change with the times, as one of Webster City’s oldest businesses. It is one that has remained ...

Substance and style on Second Street

WEBSTER CITY — Kevin Rubash, owner of Webster City’s Interior Spaces, is used to hearing it. Customers from out of town walk into his store downtown and say: “What a beautiful store. I wish we had one like it in our town.” In Rubash’s world, “beautiful” is a compliment, sure, ...