To the editor: Twelve years later, and wasn’t it just yesterday when the family, friends, community of Fort Dodge were in a state of shock, disbelief and fear? Today I am grateful. 1. I am grateful for my family, Gary, Chad and Holly’s son, extended family and friends, who have always ...

To the editor: I am writing to express my strong support for the Manson Northwest Webster School District referendum on Sept. 11. For over 20 years I’ve operated our family farm southwest of Clare with the confidence that my seven children would receive an excellent education at MNW. The ...

To the editor: Let me start by saying I have never voted against a school bond, but I find the bond issue up for vote on Sept. 11 deserves a no vote. I find the bond issue ill planned and literally forced upon the taxpayer with no other options discussed. I am a graduate of the Barnum High ...

To the editor: I can’t put off writing any longer. My husband, John Westphal, and I have lived in Humboldt for over 50 years and have subscribed to The Messenger almost the whole time. I hadn’t paid much attention to the direction to which the paper had shifted until the cartoon named ...

To the editor: Jeff Paulson passed away not with a big house or bank account but rather a big heart as evidenced by the huge outpouring of support from family and friends from around the country. I’m uncomfortable in writing this but feel inspired enough to share something that I learned ...

To the editor: Webster County Museum needs everyone’s help at the former elementary school, just a few miles south on either U.S. Highway 160 or south of Coalville. You know Otho and the Fourth of July. That’s Otho, the roofs are leaking badly. I enjoy seeing the railroad stuff, and ...