There is a very real privilege in serving a community. In doing good. When we bring our hearts to a task, focusing on the best intentions, we improve our lives and the lives of the people we touch. This, my friends, is a manifestation of love. But you know that. What you may not know ...

Rick Young is passionate about getting Hamilton County’s kids on the right track, right off. But he needs some help. As you may have read, the Financial Literacy Council of Greater Hamilton County, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, has in mind a task that will help kids, beginning at kindergarten age, ...

I congratulate the self-starters of the world, those who have found success all by themselves, without needing anything but a minimal education and a load of chutzpah. You are an inspirational few. And I congratulate, equally, those of you whose families handed down enough to sustain you, ...

We are compelled to look back on this day. Mostly because it is the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 – this is being written on Sunday. But also because the world has lost its most compelling monarch, who was a bridge to a past that is setting sail with her death. Good-bye, Elizabeth ...

The paternal side of our family made a beeline from Sweden to Hamilton County circa 1850s. So, six generations later, some of us have moved a whole 10 miles. On the maternal side, mom's ancestors took a 100 years to get here via Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Arkansas, landing in north ...

I know Webster City is still on the radar of so many people whose lives intersected in this small, marvelous Iowa town. I know because I hear from them. Heck, we hear from them. Just last week, we heard from Debbie Long Hatz, whose father once managed the Elks Club before the membership ...