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Local Publisher Acquires Estherville, Emmetsburg Newspapers By Staff | May 28, 2021 Local Publisher Acquires Estherville, Emmetsburg Newspapers EMMETSBURG — Jerry Wiseman, a longtime newspaper publisher in Iowa, has reached an agreement to purchase the Estherville News and the Emmetsburg Reporter and Democrat from the Ogden Newspapers, the two parties announced Thursday. The sale is set to close June 1. Wiseman, a native of Estherville, currently operates several weeklies in the region. He said he and his wife Rebecca and their business partner Kristin Grabinoski are purchasing the Esthervi...

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1 In the “Pet Peeves” comic strip collection “More Social Than Distant,” the Peeves family of anthropomorphic dogs grapples with masking, quarantine, and social distancing. – Courtesy/Dave London When Boston-area artist Dave London and I first created the comic strip “Pet Peeves” in 2016, our main goal was to elicit some relatable chuckles — telling a story beyond “family of dogs does funny stuff” wasn’t really on the agenda.  Then we found ourselves in a pandemic. That’s when we decided that maybe it was time to take a cue from some of the comics artists we admired ...

Diane Otto Watkins wanted to become a professional musician after high school in 1973 but she didn’t see many opportunities available for women. She didn’t have the money for college and she didn’t see any jobs open for female musicians. So she joined the Women’s Army Corps. “My parents told me I had to have a job and medical and dental and a roof over my head and be out of the house,” Watkins said. During her senior year at Cedar Ridge High School in Matawan, New Jersey, she auditioned for the WAC Band in November 1972 at Fort Monmouth. She played clarinet for f...