National Newspaper Week — October 1-7 — slipped by me this year. I hope, it’s not too late to offer a few memories of my career in that industry. I began reading newspapers as soon as my reading skills allowed me to do so. My parents subscribed to the Des Moines Register and our ...
I was born and raised in a suburb of Minneapolis, well aware of my Minnesota ancestors and the roles they had in the early days of that state. This is more than likely why I so enjoy learning and writing of the early settlers and builders of Webster City. One of my great-great-grandfathers ...
To the Editor: On behalf of the Webster City Rotary Club, I am writing to express our deepest gratitude to the community for their incredible support of our Annual Rotary Turkey Dinner, held this year on October 15th at the Briggs Woods Conference Center. While we encountered some ...
“The announcement yesterday forenoon that Charles Wickware was dead came like thunder from a clear sky and it might be truly said that the whole community was shocked when it was whispered from mouth to mouth.” — Webster City Tribune, May 5, 1893 Charles Wickware was born in 1840 in ...
To the editor: A Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll in March showed that nearly 80% of Iowans oppose the use of eminent domain for a carbon pipeline. I hope the Iowa Utility Board follows the wishes of nearly 80% of the Iowans and votes against eminent domain. In my opinion the laws ...
We non-smokers are tickled that most restaurants are now smoke-free. No longer do restaurant hostesses ask, “Smoking or non-smoking?” At the risk creating work for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), I’d like to propose some other “zoning” in public eating places. How about ...