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Meals on Wheels volunteers thankful for community, smooth transitions

Letters to Editor

It is the season where we reflect on all things we are thankful for during the past year. We are writing about Webster City Meals on Wheels (MOW). Since January MOW has gone from obtaining meals prepared at Briggs Woods Conference Center to Grama’s Diner downtown. Both locations provided delicious meals for our clients and the transition from one provider to the other went very smoothly. For this, we are incredibly grateful! This service is especially important for our community as it delivers a tasty meal five days a week directly to area homes at a low cost. We have ...

Reassessing my own age

Local Columns

There are advantages to being the oldest child in the family and I am one. About 18 months after my father returned from Europe after World War II, I came along. One of the advantages of being the oldest is being able to remember when your younger siblings came along. My mother gave birth to six more babies after I was born. I was only 2 ½ when the first, Duane, was born. Sadly he died shortly after birth and I have only the dimmest of memories from that time. When I was 3 ½ Brother Gerald was born. After years of effectively being the only child you remember when that ...

Learn to be grateful and lift your hearts and spirit

Local Columns

This week, we began publishing a short thought for the day from the Webster City Ministerial Association. Coordinated by Barb Wollan, the ministers are creating a list of things to be grateful for throughout the month of November. It’s a great idea, and something maybe each of us should do each day. I’ve seen others who have done it through different social media avenues. But it’s a quick glimpse, and then gone. But regardless of the format, everyone should have something to be grateful for. It can be simple, like never having to go to bed hungry, or for today only, I ...

Midwest Fishing: Outdoor observations

Iowa News

Yogi Berra is a baseball Hall of Famer who played for the New York Yankees. Mr. Berra is mostly known for his baseball skills, but his “Yogism’s” are also part of his legacy. A “Yogism” is something that he said that sounds silly at first, but makes sense if you think about it for ...

Grateful to be Grateful!

Local Columns

"Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” -James 1:17 Hello dear friends and neighbors, November is a very special month for our community. If you’re wondering ...

Hard work of governing must begin

Editorials

The 2026 general election is over. Many folks will breathe a sigh of relief at that thought. We congratulate the winners of Tuesday's votes, and we challenge them to do two things. First, the easy challenge, for both the election winners and losers. Remove your yard signs and any other promotional materials you may have put up. The election is over, so there is no need for them to be up any more. We challenge the winners of Tuesday's voting to do something much more difficult than picking up the signs. We challenge them to govern in a mature, responsible way that will benefit ...