Editor’s note: The author gratefully acknowledges assistance for this article from Darlene Dingman, who suggested the topic, and the Chambers family, who generously shared stories and photos of their father’s life. Journalist Tom Brokaw coined the term Greatest Generation to describe the ...
FORT DODGE — Several years after returning home from World War II service in the Navy, Glenn Cue joined his local American Legion post. He’s been a member ever since. Cue, 102, has been a member of American Legion Post 191 in Webster City for 66 years. A group of local veterans ...
The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors is expected today to set a date to receive public comment on the master matrix for Summit Pork I LLP in Independence Township, which is immediately southeast of Webster City. Summit Pork is a limited liability partnership formed in Delaware with an ...
Why wait? That was the philosophy that compelled Leo Lanctot to enlist in the U.S. Army very soon after high school graduation back in 1963. “I wanted to beat the draft,” Lanctot recalled. “My older brothers were both drafted. One of them became an MP and the other was in a technical ...
Service was a way of life growing up for Pat Sturtz. Children of the Greatest Generation were taught young the price of freedom and the need for all to do their part, whatever that part might be. “Having uncles and my father that all served in World War II, and my father-in-law and his ...
FORT DODGE — An upcoming evening of music and food will support the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight as it prepares to resume taking veterans to Washington, D.C., next year. The first Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Ball will be held November 15 at the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. N., Fort ...