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RREEAALLTTOORR IINNDDEEXX Action Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Alliance Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Bickford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Coldwell Banker Assoc. Realtors . . 12-19 Collmann Agency, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Egemo Realty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Fort Dodge Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35 Guthrie & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Hawkeye Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Iowa Realty of Fort Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Johnson & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Kesterson Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Manson Iowa Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Neighborhood Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Regency Realtors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 RE/MAX of Fort Dodge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-31 Sandholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Security Realty & Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Union Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Abstract Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Blue Ribbon Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Business Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 CS Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Egemo Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 First Federal Savings Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 First State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover Flooring America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Heartland Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Map of Fort Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24&25 Northwest Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Parkview Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Shelter Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 United Bank of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Were your Shield. Were your Shelter.

ShelterInsurance.com 1-800-Shelter

1-800-743-5837

Aaron Jobe 826 Central Ave. Fort Dodge

515-576-7646 aaronjobe@shelterinsurance.com

Terry Pavel 826 Central Ave. Fort Dodge

515-576-7882 tpavel@agent.shelterinsurance.com

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A publication of The Messenger. The publisher is not responsible or liable for misprints, misinform ation, typographical errors herein contained. All real estate advertising in this magazine is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 whic h makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, nationa l origin or disability, or any intention to make any such preference limitation. This magazine will not knowingly accept any adve rtising for real estate which is in violation of the law and our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised a re available on an equal opportunity basis.

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