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Appreciates trail maintenance

To the editor: The city of Fort Dodge, Webster County Conservation, and trails maintenance personnel (especially Kyle), have done an excellent job with bike trail maintenance. When part of the Orchard Glen gravel trail was washed out by a rainstorm, it was repaired quickly. When the 15th street bike trail was completed to connect Snell Crawford Park and the Kennedy trail, someone trimmed the bushes by the bridge to make it safer. That section of trail was critically needed for safety from cars and the road conditions. There were limbs of trees by the soccer field that were trimmed ...

Fort Dodge visitor thankful for first responders

To the editor: While visiting Fort Dodge a week ago it became necessary for me to use your emergency services. The first responders were not only highly professional, but kind. To my surgeons, thank you. In addition, the care extended to me by the excellent nursing staff is greatly appreciated. Fort Dodge can be very proud of their medical facility. With sincere gratitude, Inge Cerio and family Charles City

Says Biden’s border policy is threat to U.S.

To the editor: Remember the chant “no border, no wall, sanctuary for all”? It has become a reality. President Biden has opened our southern border to perhaps millions of illegal immigrants, making our border a magnet for drugs, criminals, human and sex trafficking, threatening the safety and security of our country. Then will come “chain migration” whereby any relative will be allowed to join those already here. President Trump, no matter what you thought of him, was gaining control of illegal entry at the border by his agreement with Mexico to keep those asking for asylum ...

Thanks Eric Pratt for coverage

To the editor: I really enjoyed Eric Pratt’s March 22 article spotlighting Spencer Lee’s NCAA wrestling title; but I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize his outstanding reporting of area athletics. My own arsenal of athletic knowledge is woefully inadequate, but I appreciate Pratt’s sports coverage because he is a master of profiling his subjects. As a retired Fort Dodge Senior High teacher and the grandmother of two former Fort Dodge athletes, I know firsthand that there is more to these young competitors than what the fans see in the arenas. Pratt’s perspectives remind ...

Has a solution to daylight saving time

To the editor: Every spring we are required to adjust the clocks 1 hour. This causes half of our fellow citizens to complain. Likewise, in the fall, comes the requirement to adjust the clocks 1 hour. This seems to cause great distress to the other half. One possible compromise would be to adjust the clocks one-half hour, one time and then quit. We could all get upset at once and then go on to find more important things to complain about. It would make absolutely no difference timewise if this one-time change happened in the spring or fall. Thirty minutes plus or minus will split ...

Says Webster County needs to improve child care

To the editor: I’m reading in The Messenger that the Childcare Discovery Center will receive $600,000 over a period of years to relocate, which I applaud, however, all that grant accomplishes is to keep the status quo and a new building will require time to build and the Childcare Discovery children will need to go somewhere to go for care while it is being built. Meanwhile, 4,673 Webster County children are still without care. When is Webster County actually going to do something to improve Webster County’s child care desert? I can remember when “Our children are our ...