To the editor: Where there's opportunity, there’s an opportunist. We’re now in Iran and the Middle East. Oppressed people for years and no way changing their government but by force and bombings. It’s like attacking a beehive and more bees retaliate. So, we now have other countries and ...

To the editor: Sixty years ago on March 9, 1966, my brother Delbert Peterson died in Vietnam. Delbert was born on May 11, 1939, the first of seven children born to Bernice and Raymond Peterson of Manson. Delbert graduated from Manson High School in May 1957. He entered Iowa State ...

To the editor: I have written a lot of editorials lately about our government that never seem to get published so I will try a different subject. Unless you live on a snow route, I am sure that there are people all over town that have the same problem that I have been dealing with for 40 ...

To the editor: I want to commend Chris Johnson for his excellent coverage of musical events at the Fort Dodge schools. He is so thorough, detailed and professional and has an uncanny talent for capturing the enthusiasm of the participants. We really appreciate his intuitive coverage. We ...

To the editor: It was explained to me that friends and relatives who are better off than some of us lower class people can’t always understand or see the lower class battles with less finances. Confronted by ICE, raise your arms and verbally pray as long as you can. We know what the ...

To the editor: As I read the article on Dr. Bruce Cochrane I realize that there were some important facts that were not reported. Dr. Cochrane was an officer in the United States Air Force. During a training exercise he broke his back and was in a body cast for many months. At this time, he ...