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Thank you on behalf of the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce board

Letters to Editor

To the editor: The Webster City Area Chamber Board of Directors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the attendees and sponsors for our most recent fundraising effort. We appreciate all those that spent the New Year’s Eve holiday with us at Briggs Woods Conference Center. Your support and generosity impacted on our cause, and we are truly grateful for your commitment to making a positive difference in our community. We are excited about moving forward with an upper story renovation at the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce building and the potential it has to assist ...

Is it proper to laugh in church?

Local Columns

Years ago I considered writing a book about funny things that happen in church. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven,” would make a good title, I thought. Of course, I never got around to writing it. Alas, I’m a day late and a dollar short. Several other writers have beaten me to the punch with books of similar content and titles. Perhaps the topic will be ready for another book before I unplug my computer for the final time. In his book, “Jokes Priests Can Tell,” Msgr. Arthur Tonne tells of the small child who was overheard during a long-winded sermon. “Mommy,” ...

Who doesn't love a good blizzard?

Editorials

Who doesn’t love a good blizzard? Ask the people who plow the roads. When the blizzard began Thursday night it seemed kind of tame. Well, it wasn’t. As Friday progressed multiple roads began to drift shut and despite the countless warnings by countless agencies who were going to have to try to help anyone in desperate need, many cars were stranded and abandoned. Who doesn’t love a blizzard? Ask a first responder who can’t get to someone in distress. On their way to some calls during and immediately after the blizzard, their progress was blocked not only by ...

I'm supporting Nikki Haley for President

Letters to Editor

To the editor: Wouldn’t it be great if the President understood small town America? That’s one of the reasons I’m supporting Nikki Haley for President and encouraging my friends and neighbors in Hamilton County to vote for her at the January 15 caucus. Nikki was born and raised in a town not much different than Webster City. At 14, she started helping with the bookkeeping at her family business. After getting an accounting degree at Clemson and a short stint in an accounting firm, she returned to the family business in her hometown. Later, after finding that the ...

The caucuses are January 15. Will you be there?

Letters to Editor

To the editor: Recent conversations with friends have shown how discouraged people are about all the division and chaos that is going on in our country, and how hopeless people feel. I understand. It can be overwhelming. While over 75% of U.S. citizens do not want open borders, the current executive branch policy is to maintain open borders and let millions of unvetted people into the country. This comes with a tremendous cost to the country as we struggle with a recession. It also enables a fentanyl underground market that killed over 73,000 Americans in 2022. Most Americans (55%) ...

Elon Lee was a Civil War veteran

Local Columns

In The Daily Freeman-Journal dated May 10, 1938, an article appeared on the death of the last Civil War veteran in Hamilton County, some 73 years after the end of the war. It marked the end of an era in local history; these veterans had played such active and important roles in this ...