To the editor: After reading the hilarious recap of the Guns and Hoses game of last year, I looked forward to another write-up of this year’s event. I heard from a reliable source (the mom of a fire lieutenant) that the sheriff department was brave (?) enough to join in on serious and ...

To the editor: After learning that Messenger sports editor Eric Pratt will be receiving the Dan McCool Media Award for his work covering wrestling, two things left me unsurprised. One was the fact that a journalist as hard-working, talented and thoughtful as Eric would be honored for his ...

To the editor: Webster County residents can take a walk down that proverbial memory lane at the Webster County Museum in Otho. Today. But possibly not tomorrow. Time and Iowa weather are taking their toll on the museum’s thousands of historical items, destroying our very heritage. ...

To the Editor: The family of Chandra (Hendrickson) Krogman would like to thank our community for your sympathy and support during this extremely difficult time. We are truly blessed by the outcome of the benefit with all the donations for the silent auction, the PSA from our local radio ...

To the editor: There were155 people registered for this year’s competition in the 13th Annual Half-Olympic Distance Triathlon, 6th Annual Duathlon and 2nd Annual Youth Triathlon: eight teams (22 people), 65 adults in triathlon, 23 in duathlon and 45 youth. Our youngest registered ...

To the editor: I heard on the news that some stores will no longer allow guns to be brought into their stores, I don’t think that will prevent a person who has plans to do a mass shooting in a store from bringing their gun into a store, but if guns are allowed in stores and a shooting ...