Lincolnway Energy, located between Ames and Nevada, celebrated the milestone of 1 billion gallons of ethanol produced in January 2023. Originally formed in May 2004, the plant started as a 50 million gallon per year dry mill ethanol plant. Today, it produces close to 95 million gallons of ethanol a year and is a driver of economic activity across the …

(July 21, 2023) – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has awarded Mid-States Material Handling and Fabrication $85,500 for an expansion project located at their corporate headquarters in Nevada, Iowa. This 15,000 square foot expansion project will include a two-story office as well as an additional 7,000 square feet of new manufacturing space and new manufacturing equipment that will be …

A young man who grew up on a farm in the southwest corner of Iowa is now overseeing financial decisions to grow a Central Iowa-based farm business. Adam Fichter, a 2011 graduate of Shenandoah High School and a 2015 graduate of Iowa State University, is Controller for LongView Farms, located north of Nevada. LongView Farms is a business that has …

Michael Garcia is living proof that you don’t have to go right from point A to point B to get where you are going. When it comes to his career, Michael’s path to becoming a project architect for RMH (Roseland Mackey Harris) Architects, Ames, has been anything but straight. A 1996 graduate of Southeast Polk High School, the Altoona native …

At a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on May 2, members of Story Medical leadership and the Board of Trustees shared the vision for the new Senior Care facility to be located adjacent to the medical center, just south of Highway 30 on the east side of Nevada. That vision paints a picture of a facility that will transform what senior care …

Seeing kids achieve the fitness goals they are working on is the most rewarding part of Tucker Herzberg’s work at The Arena in Nevada. Tucker, 29, is the director of sports performance for Acceleration Iowa, which is based in Ankeny. Since October of 2021, when The Arena and Acceleration Iowa began a partnership, Tucker has been the head coach of …

Ryan Whitehead has hung around or worked at Good & Quick in Nevada for so long that many people mistakenly think he’s one of owner Charlie Good’s sons. The truth is, Ryan first became acquainted with Good & Quick because his own father, Ernie Whitehead, worked for Charlie, and Ryan’s brothers, Chris and Corey, also worked for Charlie at one …

A 2003 Roland-Story graduate is at home in one of Nevada’s newest business locations. Ryan Larson, who works as the business manager for Farmhouse Catering, Inc., can often be found inside Copper Spaces, a fully separate LLC, that is linked to Farmhouse Catering’s other business units: Gatherings, FarmGrounds, and Cozy Home & Table. “I started with Farmhouse Catering in May …

An interest in small town community involvement and building life-long relationships are probably the two biggest factors that led State Bank & Trust Co.-Nevada, Iowa Co.’s newest president into a banking career. Dan Johnson, who was recently named the new President of State Bank & Trust Co. in Nevada, came to Nevada for a career with the local bank in 2008. He …

Todd Sampson, a 2006 graduate of Nevada High School, is now working in Nevada and raising his own children in the rural area not far from where he grew up. Todd, who was active in football, track, soccer, basketball, FFA, band, and National Honor Society as a Nevada High School student, is giving back to the community and school district, …