I am honored to serve as the honorary chairperson for this year’s United Way campaign. As a pastor and as the director of the SALT Center (Shining a Light Together), I have seen first hand the impact United Way of Greater Fort Dodge is having in our community. United Way has become the go-to ...

While I’ve been out on the road traveling from town to town on my 36 County Tour, the sights and sounds of this year’s harvest are on full display. Combines, tractors, and grain carts dot the fields, farmers are hauling their crops to market, and our farm families are preparing for winter. ...

The quality of any community is often measured by the commitment citizens in that community make to support their youth. According to updated census data, one out of five children and adolescents in Fort Dodge live in poverty-stricken homes and are coping with the social ills of poverty. Too ...

We celebrate National Farmers Day on Oct. 12, during the height of harvest, to honor the men and women who feed and fuel the world. The dirt underneath my own fingernails, from our fourth generation corn and soybean farm in northeast Iowa, represents the real-world perspective I bring to ...

On Oct. 1, the new president of Mexico — Claudia Sheinbaum — was officially sworn into office. While politics in Mexico may seem inconsequential to domestic affairs here in the United States, this development is very significant for our country, and particularly for our agricultural ...

In her 80 years of life, Bonnie Largent Barnett was a tireless worker, widely known to hundreds upon hundreds of Fort Dodge residents in her roles as a waitress, hair stylist, food service worker, house cleaner and grocery courtesy clerk. Unknown to most, however, is that those years of ...