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Flood Deja Vu: North Dakota flooding most likely means Iowa is next

Since 1993, I've always looked to the north to see what's going on up there to predict our future along the Des Moines River. Folks, it don't look good. FLOOD UPDATE: Fargo seeks another strong flood volunteer turnout, concerns rise over Red's tribu…

yesterday

The Flood Warning continues for the Des Moines River at Fort Dodge, from the Municipal Power Dam to Lehigh.

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Bill Grady commented on Michael Groesbeck's album 'Ice Break in Fort Dodge by the dam'

You do it well...

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Bill Grady commented on Michael Groesbeck's album 'Ice Break in Fort Dodge by the dam'

Great photos Michael!

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Video: Ice jams on The Des Moines River worsen flood concerns for this week

The combination of recent rain and melting snow has brought many streams and rivers out of their banks across the central and northern Plains. Drier weather will grace these areas in the upcoming days, but flooding problems will remain. The flooded…

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My FD Connection:

I currently live in Fort Dodge

Hometown:

Fort Dodge, Iowa

Which Fort Dodge High School?

Fort Dodge Senior High

Year of Graduation

1979

Hawks, Clones, Panthers, Bulldogs, or Tritons?

Tritons

About Me:

I'm a native of Fort Dodge and have been running my own business since the summer of 2002. I'm very active and enjoy bicycling, motorcycling, and just about anything else outdoors that I can do while listening to my iPod.

My Professional Life (The Short Story): I started as a radio announcer in 1979 at age 18, but later decided to drop my on-air aspirations and join a radio station's advertising sales staff in 1982. From that point on my radio career was spent behind the scenes; first as a manager of a 100,000 watt FM station at the age of 23, and later as a regional manager for a broadcasting group. I have over 25 years of broadcasting, marketing and advertising creation, sales, and management experience, and my articles on sales and advertising have been published internationally. I'm also a Past President of the Iowa Broadcasters Association. My Fort Dodge business helps other local businesses with their Internet marketing which includes website building, Internet and Cable TV ad production, and website administration services such as maintenance and page ranking services (SEO).

Professional Bio: Bill Grady was born and educated in Fort Dodge, Iowa, graduating from Fort Dodge Senior High School in 1979. In 1981, Bill graduated from the broadcasting program at Iowa Central Community College. During his broadcasting career he has worked as an announcer, chief engineer, news director, sports announcer, and sales representative. He became General Manager at KRIT-FM in Clarion, Iowa in 1984 at the age of 23. Grady also worked at KSMN/KLSS in Mason City, Iowa, KFIZ/WFON in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and WCWC/WYUR in Ripon, Wisconsin. He came back to Fort Dodge in December of 1991 as General Manager of KVFD/KUEL. Bill Grady has been active in the Fort Dodge community by serving on several local committees and organizations including the Iowa Central Community College Broadcasting Advisory Board, United Way Board of Directors, Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Chamber Ambassadors, Chairman of the annual "Fall Fest" committee, and Chairman of the March of Dimes WalkAmerica in 1993, and Honoree Chairman of the March of Dimes WalkAmerica in 2001. Bill has also served on several statewide and national organizations and committees such as the National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation, NAB State Leadership Conference, and served as President of the Iowa Broadcasters Association and President of the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation. While under his leadership, the staff of KVFD-AM and KUEL-FM received many local and national recognition’s including 3 consecutive Crystal Radio Awards for excellence in community service in 1998, 1999 and 2000, 5 consecutive Crystal Radio Award finalist nominations, 3 consecutive Marconi Radio Awards for overall excellence in broadcasting in 1998, 1999 and 2000, 4 consecutive Marconi Radio Award nominations, recognized during the Service To America Awards in Washington, D.C. in 1999 and 2000 for excellence in community service, 2 Governor Media Awards for excellence in community development in 1997 and 1999, Sorenson Broadcasting Corporation Sales Department of the Year Award in 1996 and 1998, and the United Way of Greater Fort Dodge Corporate Leadership Award in 1997. Bill Grady was elected Chairman of the Sorenson Broadcasting’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan by the trustees in 1997 representing the financial interests of over 150 employees, and beginning in 1998 served as the Eastern Regional Director for Sorenson Broadcasting, responsible for the company’s stations in Iowa and Minnesota. In 2000, Waitt Radio gave Bill additional responsibilities for KQWC-AM/FM, Webster City, and KHBT-FM, Humboldt. In the summer of 2002, Bill started his own company and since that time has brought his advertising/marketing knowledge of traditional media and the Internet to thousands of small business owners in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Favorite Music:

Classic rock from the 70's, but I have found many new independent artists that are amazing. A few of them are playing on this page, and many are on the main page.

Favorite TV Shows:

Father Ted, Homicide: Life on the Street, and the original reality shows....they're called "sports".

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At 12:44pm on February 28, 2010, Anthony (Tony) Adams said…: Hi Bill...since you are holding a guitar, I presume that you are also a musician like me.

At 8:53am on February 24, 2010, Vern R Beachy gave Bill Grady a gift…: Thank You!
Thanks Bill!
From the Gift Store

At 11:10am on February 6, 2010, Mary Rowles-Breen said…: Thanks, Bill. It's great to hear from you as well. Alexa told me about your site, and it's a lot of fun. I'm seldom in Fort Dodge, but would like to catch up with you as well. Let's work on that.

At 4:00pm on January 25, 2010, Russell Williams said…: Bill thanks for the road report, like I tell people "Bill is on the Ball, always"
MR Slpish Splash Williams.

At 2:48pm on January 9, 2010, Russell Williams said…: Bill Hi, Well I took computing to the next level in a BIG WAY!!!.
We had a 32 inch LCD TV that went sour (no picture, only sound), so I replaced the broken TV with a new 32 inch TV, and had a TV repairman look at our old TV. He fixed it for a cost of $79.16, well I turrned it in to a computer monitor!!
I works fine and it is not grainey looking, but one size smaller size TV would work better.
At this rate I wont need new glasses for a long time, unless I plan to keep driving on the sidewalk HA! HA! Russ Splish Splash Williams

At 12:00pm on January 8, 2010, Michael Groesbeck said…: thanks for the welcome

At 5:02pm on January 4, 2010, Cindy Cerwick Marshall said…: Thanks! This is a great site by the way :)

At 7:41pm on December 14, 2009, Deb Galvin said…: Thanks Bill !!! Great website!

At 9:37am on December 11, 2009, Mike Wagner said…: Bill thank you for the greeting!

Over the years I've really come to appreciate the people of Ft. Dodge.

Working with Corn Belt Power I've held numerous training events there for their employees.

Most recently this summer I presented at the community college for the state wide meeting of Iowa Community College Trustees.

I hope to find new clients and reasons to visit Ft Dodge in the future.

Keep creating...a vision worth chasing,
Mike

515.371.7711
mike@whiterabbitgroup.com
www.OwnYourBrand.com

At 12:53pm on December 8, 2009, Denise Becker said…: Thank you Bill.

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Flood Deja Vu: North Dakota flooding most likely means Iowa is next

Since 1993, I've always looked to the north to see what's going on up there to predict our future along the Des Moines River. Folks, it don't look good.

FLOOD UPDATE: Fargo seeks another strong flood volunteer turnout, con… Continue

Posted on March 17, 2010 at 9:30am —

Video: Ice jams on the Des Moines River worsen flood concerns for this week

The flooded areas across the Plains will not be entirely dry the ne… Continue

Posted on March 14, 2010 at 10:00am —

Video: How to replace a sump pump

Few household sounds get my attention like the constant running of the sump pump.

It gets my attention because I know if it's running continuously, we're getting a lot of rain, or like today, a lot of rain and snow melt.

Once it reaches the "constant operation stage", I make sure that I… Continue

Posted on March 11, 2010 at 7:30am —

Shellabration does it up big with Grand Funk Railroad and Night Ranger

It's officially going to be another great Shellabration as Night Ranger and Grand Funk Railroad will be in Fort Dodge on July 3rd, 2010 at the Rogers Sports Complex.

Grand Funk Railroad put on a great show the last time they were in Fort Dodge. The Grand Funk show in 2001 at Badger Lake was hugely… Continue

Posted on March 8, 2010 at 12:00pm —

Video: Webster County Gaming announces partnership for proposed casino

Webster County Gaming announced on Wednesday that they have selected Peninsula Gaming of Dubuque as the operating partner in the proposed casino for the area.