TOUGH STRETCH
Hawks topple Colfax-Mingo
JEWELL — The South Hamilton baseball team picked up a victory over Colfax-Mingo this past week before a tough loss to Perry on Senior ...
The lost art of complaining
While we Americans enjoy complaining — about the weather, taxes, politics and most anything else — I fear we are losing the “art” of complaining. It seems ...
Catch ’em in the summer
Crazy isn’t it? It seems like not so long ago we were wading in the cold water of rivers in search of early season walleyes and now we’re ...
America at 250: A journey through time, told through our communities
What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United ...
Speed limit increase is a bad idea
Iowa’s lawmakers appear to be on the verge of raising the speed limit on the state’s two-lane highways. We think it’s a terrible idea and ...
VDMC welcomes general orthopedic surgeon Sreedhar Somisetty, MD
WCF Financial Bank partners with Kasasa to launch reward-based deposit accounts
Warland joins WCF Financial Bank
Coffee and Create Thursday at Legacy Learning
The Legacy Learning “Coffee and Create” program will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Thursdays starting this week. The Legacy Learning Art Studio, which ...
Busy Tuesday schedule at Kendall Young Library
American Legion Post 191 open for cards, cribbage, puzzles and other games
The fossil fuel industry’s control of our government
To the editor: The world as we know it today was built on the back of burning fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this process has come at a tremendous cost. Emissions ...
Urges reducing pesticides in lawns to protect pollinators
An outside perspective from a mayor’s point-of-view
Patricia Butrum
Patricia Butrum, 73, of Webster City, died Wed., June 24, 2026. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Mon., July 6, 2026, at Foster Funeral and Cremation ...
