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Opinion

There are good reasons to support the splash pad

Letters to Editor

To the editor: Hello everyone. I would like to give my reasons why I am in favor of the splash pad and correct most of the thinking going on about how City money can be spent. First, my reason for moving this project to at least the next stage is to find out if it comes in at projected ...

Thank you to all who made Arts R Alive dinner possible

Letters to Editor

To the editor: Arts R Alive thanks all who attended the sold out Ol’ Fashioned Christmas Dinner at the Jane Young House on Sunday. Congratulations to the highest bidders of the sculpture centerpieces. Thank you to Tim Adams for contributing the sculptures, Kevin Rubash for contributing ...

Thanks to Peterson Construction, Webster City Public Works

Letters to Editor

To the editor: I wanted to thank both Peterson Construction and the Webster City Public Works Department for working with us on the reopening of Second Street to traffic after the fire downtown. Immediately after we received approval for our plan, work began by both of them to put it into ...

Safety Patrol duty and a traffic violator

Local Columns

While far short of qualifying for Mensa, I was gifted with a good memory. So it is that I can distinctly remember something that happened nearly 64 years ago. My father took a job with the grain elevator in Sibley, Iowa, and we moved there in February 1960. As it turned out, Dad’s job ...

I am opposed to the proposed splash pad project

Letters to Editor

To the editor: I am OPPOSED to the splash pad installation in East Twin Park for the following reasons: 1) There is NO RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT 2) There is ALREADY A SPLASH PAD ACROSS THE STREET at the outdoor pool 3) It would REDUCE REVENUE at the outdoor pool 4) It WASTES ...