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Pea Soup for the Packer Heart Highlights Bond Between the Team and the Community

Go Pack Go! A tribute to the Green Bay Packers and its fans is the focus of a soon to be released book, Pea Soup for the Packer Heart: A Tribute to the World’s Greatest Fans and Team.

A news conference, featuring author Steve Rose, will take place o… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on August 3, 2010 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Video: Hell or High Water at Shellabration 2010 in HD

Hell or High Water's performance at Shellabration 2010 shot in High Definition 1080p.

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Added by Bill Grady on July 4, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Video: Flooding in Fort Dodge, Iowa along the Des Moines River in High Definition

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Added by Bill Grady on June 28, 2010 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Video: Branstad on job creation, population growth, and the anti-incumbent movement

Former Gov. Terry Branstad talks with Bill Grady about jobs, plans to help grow the population in western Iowa, and shares his views on the roots of the anti-incumbent movement across the nation and the state of Iowa.

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Added by Bill Grady on June 4, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Tate & Lyle permanently mothballs corn milling plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa

Tate & Lyle said Thursday it will not be completing it's corn milling plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa as it begins to focus in other areas.

The first consequence of Tate & Lyle's new focus has been the deci… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on May 28, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Music and Art in Oleson Park Announces Entertainment Line-Up for July 17th

Music and Art in Oleson Park will feature a wide array of talent and music for this year.

Teenage Rock n Roll sensation Richie Lee, famous for his Buddy Holly impersonation Richie is one of the most sought after performers in the Midwest. Richie has performed with t… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on May 26, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Video: Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Votes on May 13, 2010

Here is the full length video of the entire meeting in which the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted to approve 1 license while denying 3 others on Thursday, May 13, 2010.

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Added by Bill Grady on May 13, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Is the editorial in your local paper written locally? Maybe and maybe not

When you read an editorial in your local newspaper, your natural assumption is that it expresses the views of that paper's staff and reflects local concerns.

This, however, does not appear to be the case with the many small-town papers owned by Ogden Newspapers, Inc (owner of… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on April 16, 2010 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Video: Fort Dodge Diamond Jo Casino Rally, and the tale of two cities

From WHO-TV's report, featuring coverage from both Fort Dodge and Tama.

Leaders in four Iowa counties, Tama, Wapello, Webster and Lyon, wish to be awarded new casino licenses. Wednesday, Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission regulators visited three of th… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on April 8, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Second Annual Music and Art at Oleson Park scheduled for July 17th

The Second Annual Music and Art at Oleson Park is scheduled for Saturday, July 17th, as the Iowa Rock n' Roll Music Association joins once again with local non-profit organizations to bring art and music to one of Fort Dodge’s iconic parks.

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Added by Bill Grady on April 3, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

My Fort Dodge Iowa Video featured on iTunes

This explains all the "hits"....it's our Featured status on iTunes.

And what a week to be featured on iTunes. Just ahead of the release of the new iPad this weekend, and ri… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on March 29, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Sgt Peppers moment: The Mayor, the DC Trip, and subscribing to the videos on iTunes

New ideas, new ways to communicate. During one of my recent conversations with Fort Dodge Mayor Matt Bemrich we talked about "raising the bar", and today I believe we have a couple of great examples of doing just that.

First of all, below you'll find a video one-on-one conversation with… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on March 21, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

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

Added by Bill Grady on March 17, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

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

Added by Bill Grady on March 14, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

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

Added by Bill Grady on March 11, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

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. The show starts at 7 PM.

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

Added by Bill Grady on March 8, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

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.

During the press conference held at the Best Western Starlite, the local organization announced that they had selected Peninsula… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on March 4, 2010 at 7:56am — No Comments

Scooped! Part Two....Mystery solved, but the times they are a-changin'

If you've ever wondered how the local paper continues to be scooped on the big stories, especially on the weekend, here's an insight to why that seems to be happening.

First of all some background. Like most web sites that want to promote themselves, we use Facebook on a regular basis t… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on March 1, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Scooped! Des Moines TV and local website beats The Messenger on big story AGAIN!

The Mineral City Mill & Grill in Fort Dodge was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning.

Firefighters were called to the restaurant at 2621 5th Ave. S. when a cleaning crew spotted the fire at about 3:30 a.m.

Capt. Mitch Sells said when they arrived, flames were shooting out of… Continue

Added by Bill Grady on February 28, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Area CEO "doesn't have time for this crap"

Finally, I got all the stuffed animals sitting together in one room to discuss how they could build their business by using various Internet marketing strategies and tools that are readily available today.