March 16, 2002
NEWS: Eugene Newsome announced he would see the Democratic nomination for the 5th District seat on the Webster County Board of Supervisors.
SPORTS: Pomeroy Palmer defeated Fredericksburg 67-62 to win the team's second straight Class 1A state championship.
March 16, 1987
NEWS: Cooper School fifth-graders were learning to appreciate books fully - and to write and illustrate their own books.
SPORTS: The Fort Dodge eighth-grade boys basketball team defeated Spencer 59-53.
March 16, 1962
NEWS: Hawkeye Barracks No. 1102, Veterans of World War I, donated $25 to the proposed Jerry Rabiner Memorial Boys Ranch.
SPORTS: Lu Verne forward Mae Belle Maass was named to the second team of the all-state selections.