For 45 years, there has been one steady figure of great influence providing guidance to the staff of The Messenger. In a business which sees its share of turnover, Larry Bushman has been central to this newspaper, its staff and ultimately its readers. Working at the newspaper has hardly ...
For 45 years, there has been one steady figure of great influence providing guidance to the staff of The Messenger. In a business which sees its share of turnover, Larry Bushman has been central to this newspaper, its staff and ultimately its readers. Working at the newspaper has hardly been ...
From the time she was afflicted with polio at the age of 4, Alyce Moss Flaherty needed crutches and a leg brace to go about what would become her life’s mission - bringing light and love to all she met. She was armed with an indefatigable spirit and a beautiful smile that lit up any room ...
Travel all the way to the western end of Central Avenue and look toward the Des Moines River and you’ll see the beginnings of a major construction project. The area looks a bit like a muddy mess right now, but out of that muck will rise a much-anticipated nature center. Owned by Webster ...
To the editor: Referring to Jared Strong’s article in the Tuesday Feb. 21 Messenger, Monte Shaw indicated all ethanol plants in Iowa will close if the pipelines aren’t built. They probably won’t even be able to sell the inventory that they have on hand. Then we are to assume that all ...
Earlier this month, during a visit to the California-Mexico border, Border Patrol agents told me that they had recently been forced to release a smuggler caught with 50 pounds of fentanyl — enough to kill 11 million Americans — because that sector of the border lacked the capacity to detain ...