Area's winter weather continues in April, appears to be a pattern

.-.Historic Events 15 years ago April 12,2010Webster city dads spent most of last week’s meeting taking care of routine business.

Subscriber will miss writer

Letter TO THE EDITORDear Editor,I am sorry to see Brenner Cariveau will not be having a regular weekly column in the Reporter & Farmer. Cariveau’s columns were refreshing to ponder the open minded reviews of entertainment, sports and ways of life.

OLE & LENA

Ole was driving his pickup erratically down the street, continually swerving back and forth until someone with a cell phone called the police.A police officer pulled over the car.Ole rolled down his window and said, “Officer, tank yew fer stopping. I saw a tree in da road, den I saw anudder vun.

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,Responding to Brenner’s editorial of March 24, “There is No Spare Planet.” He’s right, but the one we are living on now is temporary. There’s a new one on the way, in the making. In some of His last discourse before His crucifixion, Jesus made some quite astounding declarations.

Farewell Webster, from Brenner

This is my last week at the Reporter & Farmer. This is my last column for this publication.

Readers lament loss of Bristol’s public library

What I consider sad news this week comes out of Bristol. With the closure of that community’s municipal library comes the loss of a vital public service and treasure.The reasons behind the closure were solid in nature and not any I intend to argue with the decision- makers over.

Estimated half of county’s roads are under water

Estimated half of county’s roads are under water Historic15 years ago March 29, 2010While the county commission declared an emergency disaster declaration for Day County for flooding and road damages, the town of Waubay stepped up protective measures last week as state and federal agencies joined...

What’s in a name of a child’s toy

There were a lot of things I didn’t know before becoming a parent but a couple of those things have caught me more off guard than others.For example, nobody told my husband and I we would not only have to come up with a suitable name for our child after his birth, but that we would also spend the...

There is no spare planet

The Earth’s survivability has been a topic of discussion for a while now.

Spring fever setting in with warm weather, hope it’s here to stay

Oh boy, oh boy, the robin report is in. I have it on good authority that robins have made their way back to Day County for the season. One was spotted March 10 in Wheatland Township.The weather has been a doozie lately. Just a couple weeks ago we had a near 100-degree swing within a matter of hours.