The Webster City football team recently received its district assignment for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. The Lynx will be ...

April will hopefully bring with it improved weather and racing action at the famous Hamilton County Speedway. Eleven nights ...

By JANE CURTIS You may have seen the proposed levy for Hamilton County published in the Daily Freeman-Journal Wednesday. If not, you may have seen it on social media; the state has required county ...

March 14 is a big date this year. It’s the second day of the Big 12 basketball tournament (Go State!); it’s Pi Day – you can celebrate with math or dessert; and most importantly, it’s also the date ...

Civil rights are not reversible. Once the ratchet of rights has been opened, they cannot tighten. This was the argument of Martin Luther King, Jr, who stated numerous times, including after the famous ...

In 2024, I spent 10 months running for the Iowa Senate. The district includes Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Wright and northern Story Counties (Roland and Story City.) It’s a big, rural ...

Ryan Sawyer says he doesn’t need to wait to see the impact of cutbacks in Veterans Affairs in Iowa. It’s here. “For instance, there’s only one person in Des Moines who can do enrollments, and that ...

By ANNE BLANKENSHIP Critical Access Hospitals like Van Diest Medical Center, are vital lifelines to their communities. Their primary focus is to ensure access to essential health care services such as ...

The federal government would begin keeping a closer watch on purchases of American farmland by foreign entities under a measure introduced by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra. The ...

Eldon “Tut” Nicholson, 86, of Williams, died Thursday, March 6th, 2025. Eldon was born on December 17th, 1938. He married Fae Hoversten on May 2, 1958. Fae passed away March 2, 2018. Eldon is survived ...

Nancy Lake, 70, of Marion, died Thursday, February 20, 2025. There will be a private family service at a later date. Nancy Rose Berleen, daughter of John and Dorothy (Boswell) Berleen, was born on ...

It’s back. Sponsored by the Hamilton County Peace Officers Association, area residents again this year will have an ...