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Your newspaper has a vital role in the community

Local Columns

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, comics, business and stock news. It reported local high school sports, college sports with an emphasis on Iowa universities, and professional sports. As media has fragmented and evolved, national and world news are available in many forums including broadcast media, national talk radio, and the ...

Understanding our hospital tax levy

Letters to Editor

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 ...

Webster City has successful hospital

Letters to Editor

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 ...

Supports the right to elect

Letters to Editor

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 is a Representative Republic, which means we elect representatives to serve our wishes at the federal, state, county, city and township levels. It is a system that has served us better than any other in the world. Now comes elected state level officials. For years I've heard word of closed door ...

Hometown pride can be learned

Local Columns

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 attendance. Organizations are disappearing. And government is being asked to do more in individual towns and cities. This means everyone loses. When I pull articles to create the “Turning back the pages of time,” it is full of meetings and officers being elected. The names are all different. And ...

Appreciates newspaper

Letters to Editor

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 tomorrow. Bob Erickson Webster City