In what would be a harbinger of future success, the Mason City ... Meredith Willson, did not receive proper recognition. Born Lucille Reineger Willson in 1890 in Estherville, Iowa, as the oldest ...

A small ceremony at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery was held Tuesday morning, marking the 119th anniversary of Mason City composer Meredith ... song during the North Iowa Band Festival next weekend ...

Mason City, with nearly 28,000 residents, may be best known as the birthplace of Meredith Wilson, who wrote Broadway ... Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican. They will then travel to Ankeny ...