The Hometown Pride program that is being applied for by the Greater Hamilton County Partnership has an approach that gives me hope. It’s a given that every community across the country is lacking something. It shows up in several ways. Traditional churches are struggling with ...
To the editor: You may have heard that certain elected state officials wish to eliminate Township Trustees and also our right to elect a county Treasurer, Recorder and Auditor. In high school government class at South Hamilton (a public school), I learned that the United States of America ...
My paternal grandfather, who I knew as Opa, was born in 1899, the year the first automobiles were displayed in Iowa at the Linn County Fair. Opa celebrated his 11th birthday on April 29, 1910, less than a week before the first documented powered, heavier-than-air airplane flight in Iowa ...
Dear Editor: Greetings! First I wish to commend the Freeman Journal and its staff for receiving so many journalism awards. Well deserved. Second, I wish to thank the editor or staff person for including my receiving the DAR Award in the teaching of American History at Webster City Middle ...
To the editor: Award winners: This is not a surprise to me. This outstanding newspaper has reached to the top ring because of excellence caused by contributors in the most difficult field today. Your work is appreciated by more than you realize. Keep it up! I look forward to ...
Letter to the editor, The people of Webster City may not know there is a golden road that leads to 604 Prospect Street, the home of Webster City Congregate meal site. Congregate meals is very close to my heart. My mother, Violet and my husband, Marlin, went to Congregate meals until they ...