Your local newspaper, The Daily Freeman-Journal, historically had a little bit of everything from a news and information perspective. It provided local news that was uniquely sourced but it also provided ample amounts of state, national, and world news. It provided television listings, ...

Hamilton County Public Hospital d.b.a. Van Diest Medical Center exists for one reason: to care for the people of Hamilton County and surrounding areas. That includes caring for you when you need emergency services, inpatient or outpatient care: that also includes the dedicated professionals ...

The best outcome for Hamilton County is to have a long-term successful hospital that operates without a tax levy. I believe most residents would agree that achieving both should be the goal. I’m happy Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) is operating profitably and is in a very strong financial ...

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 ...

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 ...

A glance out the window of my central Iowa home reminds me that this isn’t open water fishing season. The wind and snow limit visibility so travel isn’t recommended, and it’s too cold to leave the house anyway. It’s times like this that I daydream about fishing in warm weather. ...