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Worried by wind turbine proposal

To the board of supervisors: We are writing to you to express concern regarding the potential wind energy site in Webster County being proposed by MidAmerican Energy. After speaking with multiple residents in the township, and county, there is strong opposition to a wind energy site in the area. While we realize this is anecdotal evidence, we have provided signatures via petition in opposition to this. The reasons for the opposition include potential negative impact on indigenous wildlife, auditory and visual pollution, private property abuse via eminent domain, and the net impact on ...

Everyone is invited to Duncombe Fun Night

To the editor: The Duncombe Elementary School Fun Night is back. The Duncombe Booster Club would like to invite everyone to attend this year’s Fun Night today from 3-6 p.m. The event will take place at Duncombe Elementary, located at 1620 Sixth Ave. N., Fort Dodge. We will offer children’s games, cake walks, prizes, food, and silent auction baskets. We will also have raffle tickets available to purchase for a chance to win prizes including a 65 inch TV, $100 Hy-Vee gift card, $200 Kwik Star gift card, Quarter of a beef, Kemna Auto full car detail, $100 Casey’s gift card and ...

Disappointed in coverage

To the editor: I was extremely disappointed in The Messenger article on the Choral Society concert held last Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church. The article gave gracious accolades to all the soloists and the director by name. There was also an excellent local string quartet from the FD Symphony Orchestra which remained nameless and what about all the marvelous singers who donate their rehearsal time? Are they men, women, students, how many are there? It’s always appreciated when all contributors to a cultural event are appreciated and recognized. Marjorie Franks Fort Dodge

Weighs in on State of the Union

To the editor: In his State of the Union address, President Biden claimed his administration had cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion in the last two years. Not true. In 2021, Biden’s first year in office, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan that provided an additional $1.9 trillion in COVID relief funds. Given there was no revenue to cover the cost of the plan, Biden created deficit spending (excess of expenditures over revenue) of $1.9 trillion and added $1.9 trillion to the nation’s debt. The Infrastructure bill, also passed in 2021, the Inflation Reduction Act in ...

Sees need for carbon pipelines

To the editor: I am a fifth-generation farmer in Humboldt County. The corn I raise is delivered to Gold Eagle Coop and is manufactured into livestock feed or ethanol, and the beans are manufactured into oil and meal. For more than 20 years, I have also worked off farm in the livestock industry. I understood that the grain I raised needed to be used locally to keep the basis strong and demand high. When the ethanol boom took off in the early 2000s, I was a supporter of this transition for some of those same reasons. Both the livestock and ethanol production in our area have allowed ...

Has questions about pipeline

To the editor: Referring to Jared Strong’s article in the Tuesday Feb. 21 Messenger, Monte Shaw indicated all ethanol plants in Iowa will close if the pipelines aren’t built. They probably won’t even be able to sell the inventory that they have on hand. Then we are to assume that all the other ethanol plants in the U.S. are all carbon free. I wonder what the status of the ethanol plant in California is, that Bill Gates invested millions in. Is that plant carbon free? Do the math of the number of ethanol plants divided by the total dollars the three pipelines will invest. ...