Entries by Michael Kelly

Ida County Fair July 19-25

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Siren Test Start first Week in April

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Rec Center Schedules Spring Classes

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Start-up in the Mid-Sixties

GOMACO Corporation was established in 1965, and since that time, the company has successfully marketed products in the United States, with expansion into Canada in 1969 and further expansion into other foreign markets in the years following. Since the start of GOMACO, the company’s designs and concepts have pioneered many aspects of slipforming concrete construction. […]

Merger in 1965

April, 1961: The Ida County State Bank and the Arthur Trust and Savings Bank merged. Assets as of December 31, 1960 were $3,636,036.00 for Ida County State Bank and $2,549,557.00 for Arthur Trust and Savings Bank.

1954 Marks First Patent

Midwest founder Byron L. Godbersen grew up as a hardworking Iowa farm boy with a passion for inventing. In 1954 Byron was issued his first patent for the Bolster Hoist, an under-body wagon hoist used to tilt a grain box and empty its contents. The Bolster Hoist was a hit with farmers across America and […]

Hospital Founded in 1905

Horn Memorial Hospital’s history began in 1905 when Dr. J.E. Conn came to Ida County and opened a hospital in conjunction with his brother Dr. Carl Conn. The Conn Brothers Hospital was located in a house referred to as the “Spaulding Place”. It had 1 operating room and 11 patient rooms. Single rooms were priced […]