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Peterson Patriot
The Peterson Patriot area. The Patriot office moved to a few different locations
Type Weekly newspaper in Peterson, back and forth across main street.
Some featured articles included the following: “In
Owner Richard and Mari Radtke
and About by Jarney”, an editorial column,Roger’s Re-
Founded 1880 marks, a humor column, the local news and happenings,
social events/gatherings of the community, local sports,
Headquarters Paullina, Iowa
classifieds, and articles on the women’s suffrage move-
Circulation 550[1] ment.
The Peterson Patriot is the town newspaper for those resid-
ing in or near the town of Peterson, Iowa. The paper plays The Paper Today
a key role in communicating local news to the area’s res- Today, the paper is owned by Richard and Mari Radtke
idents. The paper was started in 1880 and is still running of Sutherland, Iowa. It serves the Peterson area, but is
as of March, 2010. published and printed weekly in Paullina, Iowa. It covers
the Sioux Central School District news (the local commu-
History nity school), referred to as a section called, “The Rebel
Yell” in the paper. It has a “Remember When” section,
The paper began in 1880 as the Peterson Dispatch and was which lists interesting history from Peterson from 10, 20,
edited by Ray Gleason. It was known as a Republican 55, and 60 years ago. Marriages, births, and obituaries are
newspaper, but it soon closed. Shortly after, it came un- also common items published today. Clay County Board
der the new ownership of E.J. Helms and his partner, E.G. of Supervisors minutes, City of Peterson Meeting minutes
Blackert, and was renamed the Peterson Patriot. This ver- and Sioux Central Board of Education minutes are all le-
sion of the paper was originally non-partisan, but even- gal proceedings published for the public to view. On the
tually became Republican. Ownership of the Patriot, a suc- back page of the paper is a list of business directories that
cessful newspaper by that time, changed hands every help fund the small town newspaper.
few years until 1966, when Harold Grafton and Shirley
Omer became the new owners. Marge Ashcraft became
the Managing Editor, gathering news and advertising, References
while her husband Roy would take the information to [1] "New Life for an Old Iowa Paper". AllBusiness
Primghar, Iowa to be set up, and then to Sibley, Iowa for (Editor & Publisher). January 3, 2005.
printing. The paper changed hands once more in 1989 http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-
and was owned by Roger and Jane Stoner of Peterson, services-miscellaneous-business/4670365-1.html.
Iowa. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
In the early days, difficulties of the paper included • Peterson, Iowa. II. Marceline, MO: Walsworth
getting supplies and materials to Peterson. The rivers Publishing Co. Inc, 1983.
were always high and it was hard to get the materials de- • Peterson, Iowa. III. Marceline, MO: Walsworth
livered. A train was not yet set-up to come through the Publishing Co. Inc, 2006.
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• Publications established in 1880
• Weekly newspapers published in the United States
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