A short time ago, I had that particular joy of taking my granddaughter to Sunday brunch at the Grid Iron Sports Bar & Grill here in Webster City. Its brunch buffet is not to be missed and will satisfy a 9-year-old as well as a 69-year-old! My mind drifted, as it is prone to do, and I ...
To the editor: August 29th, 12 p.m. at Jewell Golf Club in Jewell and 6 p.m. at Albrights Bluff in Iowa Falls is your chance to speak up and out against the corporation and the state taking away land for a farce of an environmental program. Summit must hold a public informational meeting ...
When you get to be closer to 80 than to 70, when your career has involved multiple jobs and when you have resided in more than a dozen communities in your lifetime you have become acquainted with many different people. Sadly, I have forgotten some of the people I have met over the decades, ...
To the editor: Imagine sitting down after a hard day’s work with your family and enjoying a wonderful meal. As your stomach rumbles in hunger and the aroma of delicious home cooking permeates your nostrils, suddenly a stranger knocks on your door and demands a slice of your land — a piece ...
To the editor: (In June), Summit Carbon Solutions received a conditional permit from the Iowa Utilities Commission (IUC) to construct a 680-mile CO2 pipeline across Iowa. The proposed pipeline, named the Midwest Carbon Express (MCE) will carry pressurized CO2 from ethanol plants across five ...
I love this time of year: cooler mornings, the back-to-school shopping craze is in full swing and the anticipation of early Christmas deals is already gaining momentum. There was a time when I’d get caught up in all of it. When I was a postmaster, our office personnel would have a lottery ...