Dear Editor: Recently, my almost 93 year old father who is bed ridden wanted to attend the viewing of his sister, Kathryn Weaver, and her funeral. I was told to call the Toledo Ambulance for assistance. The Toledo dispatcher called and in a very short time I had a team to help my father out of ...

Letter to the Editor: I am struggling with the knowledge from the Office of Civil Rights in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that said the federal government has 'grandfathered' out the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1991) restroom requirements for those business persons in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who ...

Letter to the Editor: Cashfor Clunkers... There you have it folks, another ill-concieved, poorly planned, liberal government, give away program that was underfunded and rife with abuse from the git-go. Already they are scrambling to dig up another 2 billion tax payer dollars to fix it. ...

Letter to the Editor: I like to thank publicly Rush Limbaugh for turning Iowa into a democrat state. Before Rush was on democrats like FDR couldn't win in Iowa. Since Rush has been on in Iowa the democrat running for president has won 5 of 6 presidential elections in Iowa. Dukakis, Clinton ...

Letter to the Editor: We were at a funeral burial today, July 24, 2009 at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. The cemetery was very disgraceful. Parts of the lawn had been mowed, and looked like it needed to be bailed. Grass was blown all over some of the tombstones, where you could not even read ...

Dear Editor:Soon the 2009-10 school year will begin. At the high school that first day back, on August 20, will mean different things. For the 9th graders it will be Freshman Transition Day and they will have the school all to themselves as the staff will assist in making them feel welcome and ...

Letter to the Editor:This next week, my husband and I are celebrating the birthday of Brandi, a mini dachshund, we acquired one year ago through Town & Country Vet Clinic that was a stray turned in to them.I just want to say, if you are reading this and you threw out a black - tan doxie ...

New Reader K. Kat asked "Hi! My family will be camping over the coming weekend in Tama and we were wondering where and when we can buy a newspaper so we can go to garage sales in Tama on Saturday morning. Thank you!"Mr. Herald Chronicle told K Kat: These locations sell The Toledo Chronicle and ...

Dear Editor:To the tax protesters who had their tea parties. Why didn't you protest when president Bush took president Clinton surplus and turned it into huge deficits? Why didn't you protest the $4. a gallon gas when Bush was president? How do republicans want to pay the debt president Bush ...

To the Editor,I was saddened to hear of coach Don Schrack's recent death. He was in my opinion a great teacher and coach. But above all, he was a loving, caring person.I have many fond memories of the time spent with him in shop class and sports. I learned carpenter skills in which I still ...