News
07/02/2025 - 9:37am
June 25, 2025 – At CGD Middle School, music became more than notes for one beloved teacher; it was a way to reach kids who needed someone to believe in them. For ten years, that someone was Mr. Tom Klaver.
Tom passed away on June 24 after a...
Opinion
07/02/2025 - 9:47am
Some weeks, writing this column feels a little like shouting into the void. Like, "Hello? Is this thing on?"
I don’t have a newsroom full of writers and creative brains helping me brainstorm weekly content for The Monitor. I don’t even have...
Sports
07/02/2025 - 10:11am
West Fork softball continued their successful season winning all four games they competed in last week. The Warhawks began the week with a 11-0 victory over the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs on Tuesday, June 24 and a 9-1 victory over the Saint Ansgar...
Obituaries
07/07/2025 - 10:24am
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ronald Allen Whipple, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who left us peacefully at the age of 78 due to natural causes in his hometown of Hampton, Iowa. Ronnie’s warmth, humor...