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When the doctor recommends a vaccination

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A couple of weeks ago Julie and I went to a local pharmacy for our annual flu and COVID vaccinations. We are vaxxers. As such, we trust vaccines and believe in their ability to stave off the worst of the seasonal maladies lying ahead. Unlike the privacy of a clinic or doctor’s office, drug store vaccinations are given in semi-privacy. In our case, we sat behind a small screen while a pleasant young lady administered the shots. A young mother and her three pre-adolescent daughters were waiting for their vaccinations. The youngest girl, age seven we learned, was sitting in a position ...

Newspapers are needed now more than ever

Local Columns

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 hometown weekly, The Ellsworth (Iowa) News. The Register’s daily front-page political satire feature, Potomac Fever, puzzled me. I was too young to grasp the satire. Comic page humor, however, was more easily understood and I became a fan of Little Debbie and other comic strips. As my reading ...

Thank you from the Webster City Rotary Club for a successful Turkey Dinner

Letters to Editor

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 unexpected logistical challenges that affected timing and food availability, the grace and understanding extended by our community were both humbling and invaluable. We're actively addressing the challenges from this year's event to ensure a smoother experience for everyone in future years. We're thrilled ...

'The Iowa Barr Organization'

Local Columns

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 ...

Suddenly, Wickware was lost

Local Columns

“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 ...

Eminent domain should not be used for carbon pipelines

Letters to Editor

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 pertaining to eminent domain were not written for a few investors to enter personal property against the owner’s will for their own personal financial gain. The use of eminent domain by a carbon pipeline company is not the American way. What Summit Pipeline proposes to do is an invasion of the ...