Editorial by Matt Marquardt –
I have just become aware of a new Facebook group called “Fed^ North Iowa.” I learned about it after State Representative Sharon Steckman “recommended” a Globe Gazette story on the group.
From what I gather, this Facebook “group” is interested in rooting out crime and helping to solve other social issues in North Iowa. These are issues Mason City has ignored for years. Our local leaders only play games in dealing with crime and social issues, as evidenced by Coucilman Alex Kuhn’s choreographed and publicized “ride-along” with the MCPD and the fact that Mayor Eric Bookmeyer refused to comment on a murder that took place just outside his home on East State Street.
So, I commend the administrators of Fed^ North Iowa (Kellie Ann Clark, Tara Mikkelsen, Deoshea Foster, and Kristy Winter) for doing what our leaders will not do and creating a movement that seems to be an attempt to meet our city’s issues head on.
That being said, there has been some negative feedback from the public reported to NIT about this group and the persons running it.
One concern brought forward was by Richard Oliver. He offered this information: “I have documents and pictures of them (some of the people in charge of the Fed^ North Iowa group) talking about drugs on (their) own wall when they are supposed to be stand up citizens to make a difference.”
Mr. Oliver provided screen shots of some talk about marijuana that seemed to come from the Facebook “wall” of one of the page administrators (where a Facebook member can openly discuss their thoughts and experiences.) These screenshots were also sent to NIT by another reader, Jason Juenger. Another person said “in my opinion they are taking advantage of peoples feelings by asking for money for t-shirts. SOMEHOW my mothers picture got on this page.”
Oliver went on to say that he has created his own Facebook group called Fed ^ North Iowa is a Scam. This group has 525 members. Part of the message on that group’s page is “What really gets to me is they claim to be against crime and fed up with it but a simple background check of the admins shows they are part of the problem of endangering and victimizing others.”
Kellie Ann Clark of Fed ^ North Iowa had this response: “I am sorry for the negative feed back you have (received) we are just four young women trying to step up against all the crime that has plagued our towns by working with charities and giving back to our communities. Unfortunately people think because two of our members have a bad record and past that they are scam artist and this is simply not true. They are just trying to pay back their debt to society by doing good for the community!”
Currently, the Fed ^ North Iowa group has 5,602 members. According to Facebook, (see this link) “For all types of groups (open, closed and secret), group members can add their friends.” Joining a group is not the same as “liking” a page, which requires a Facebook user to go to the page and “click the like button.” In the case of a “group,” Facebook says anyone can be added to a group by their friends unless you explicitly forbid it in your Facebook account settings.
In other words, the meteoric rise in group members in Fed ^ North Iowa is simply due to adding people to the group, not from each person explicitly electing to join the group. Same goes for the group membership in Fed ^ North Iowa is a Scam, or any other group.
At any rate, I am willing to give Fed ^ North Iowa the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. I feel that if more North Iowans work for positive change where government ignores issues or simply doesn’t have the resources, we would live in a better place. We have seen the results of citizen activism in the accomplishments Chris Watts and the Georgia Hanford Neighborhood folks have brought to southeast Mason City.
Let’s hope Fed ^ North Iowa can be successful and give them some time to work on these important issues.
Readers are welcome to leave comments and opinions below.
I hope this comment settles it for all. Love it or hate it either way you will make it famous. This group is gonna go hard and do what they have to do regardless of the people who do not support. Don’t be afraid of change it will happen and you will either change with it or stay back by yourself. For every 1 person who isn’t a supporter there are 5 more people who do. Jealousy makes people act like their a 5 year old princess it makes them act like someone crashed their party and it ends in crying and whining till they get their way. Only thing is words are just words with no meaning. It all falls on deaf ears. They are gonna do what they want and all you non believers are gonna be stuck on this site tripping over your own thoughts and words while you find a way to make up something to start your b*tch fest up again. Prissy little whinny b*tches is what you are. Most of you run your mouth talk trash and hide behind an anonymous name. Being tough online is like winning the special Olympics IN THE END YOUR STILL RETARDED. On that note everyone is tough online but face to face I bet you sit there with your mouth shut afraid to say a damn word… Cowards!
Says the person posting under an alias.
If the group accomplishes anything news worthy (positive) it’ll be because of the newest admin Kellie.
I’ve checked some of the “members” on the group and seen ppl that have recently been on NIM for B&E, accessory, skipping out on court, assault….the ppl that have been causing problems in N.IA are on a group wanting change. Yep those are the ppl I’m gonna trust to come into my community to make a difference.
You don’t have to trust them, just do what most people do and stand back and watch other people make a difference… At least they’re trying to make a positive change versus sitting around complaining or further contributing to it.
No one can put their real name on this comment page. Because if they do the Foster clan will come after them! Rusty Foster has already been on here threatening people. I don’t believe these people will do a darn thing to improve Mason City. I’m just sick and tired of hearing about it. And also, there was a Fed ^ is a scam page and the admins of the site were being threatened. Yeah, that’s the way to improve the community…bullying and threatening. The only way Mason City will be better is if the whole Foster family leaves this town!
What happened to the Fed ^ NOrth Iowa scam facebook page?? I was in the group and now can’t access the page.
From what I saw before it disappeared certain members from Fed^ were threatening the admins of “Scam”, saying they knew where they lived and they better watch their backs.
I see on their new about section they want to create a neighborhood watch program? I have been involved in my neighborhood watch for two years now.
I ask here because if I ask on there page they will quickly delete it. Here is my simple question: What is the problem with working with the neighborhood watch program that has been working with police for years, why would you start a new one? Does this have anything to do with the groups bias toward law enforcement? Or you just putting up goals and not even knowing these programs are already out there?
http://www.masoncity.net/pView.aspx?id=18175&catid=481
I’ll tell you my opinoin on that question. “Their Neighbor Hood Watch” consists on turning in ONLY what/who they want to turn in. In the mean while their friends will be allowed to do what they want in this town and get by with it.
How can you have a watch group that does not work with the police departments program? I think they are just running their mouths and have no idea what programs are out there, because none have them have ever done volunteer work. Make sure you send donations now.
Not to mention that if you haven’t noticed most of their friends on Fed^ are criminals. Their “neighbor hood watch” would consist of a bunch of criminals watching out for us citizens. I feel much safer now!
Notice they won’t answer when you ask a perfectly logical question.
The purpose of this group is to help North Iowan Communities, not just Mason City. For example, Belmond does not have a neighborhood watch program and this is something they want to accomplish.
Since you obviously can’t read, I’ll restate the answer. The purpose of this group is to change NORTH IOWA, not just Mason City. Although some towns in North Iowa have neighborhood watch groups, for example, Belmond, doesn’t have one. Along with starting a neighborhood watch group, those are all just goals that the group would like to accomplish. As with any goal, they take time and they are taking the proper steps in making sure it’s all legit, i.e. in constant contact with a lawyer and CPA. When the time comes to get a neighborhood watch program started, the police will be contacted and consulted with.
What disgusts me is how this group has received so much press for doing NOTHING. I get they want to do good, but why not cover the group after its actually accomplished some of the things they claim they want to do? So far I’ve seen whining about hater groups, members of the group threatening other people, one admin being attacked because she was confused for someone else. 3 articles and a TV interview for starting a Facebook group? How about less “talk” more action?
I know 2 guys that started a Facebook group to share memories about their hometown. They have members from 15-70+ yrs old. It has brought a sense of shared history to the people that live in that town. Its a fun group to visit.
And yes I’m posting anonymously because I have seen people being threatened for voicing their opinions against the group & I don’t want the unneeded drama.
if fed up was not a scam than why are the police involved
where did you hear the police were involved?
I am not sure where you get that we had the police involved but no such thing has happened. Thanks.
I think you missed the point there,Lois!
Here’s what upsets me about this whole stpid facebook page. Front page news on the Glob! Here’s a couple of girls, one of which is a Foster who has been in trouble numerous times and apparently just recently. The Glob praises them for a facebook page. C’mon. There’s some 8th grade students from Mason City and the area that are attending the Person to Person Ambassador Program and they didn’t make front page news. They got a little article in the celebrations section. These kids in this program are the ones who deserved to be praised. But instead people are praising a couple of deliquents. Ridiculous!
Why must people bring up someone’s past? If they are trying to change or have changed why bring it up? It only makes it harder for them to change. Yes someone can change over night. My fiancee did. Around the time we met he was drinking and doing drugs. But he quit all that over night cause he knew I hated it plus i had small kids. He moved away from all of that stuff is what helped also. so yes i believe these girls can change over night. also my grandma smoked cigs for 40 years and just one day up and quit never smoked again. I am tired of someones past being brought up doesn’t matter who the person is. My fiancee’s past is being brought up from 9 years ago thanks to a popular website on face book. it seems no one is this town can let anything go. grow up move on let the people fix the problems in their lives. let them learn from their mistakes and quit bringing up their darn past already. they will never learn or try and make their lives better if you keep doing bringing up anyones past.
Its not her past, she still owes money on all 17 of her convictions/traffic fines. One of her fines is 7yrs old & still unpaid. So her past & present choice of not paying her fines is relevant. 2 of the most recent tickets she hasn’t paid a dime on & they’re from almost 2yrs ago. She defaulted on court ordered payment plans & they were sent to to collections. Personally I don’t care about the traffic violations, except they show her habit of not taking responsibility for her behavior…it takes more than saying “yes I did wrong”.
i was talking about everyone not just the girls. everyone keeps bringing up everyone else’s past when it should be let go. as for fines not everyone is has the money to pay them. some of us are poor god knows i am, that’s why if i got in trouble i would ask for community service instead of paying my fines. my fiancee just now got his fines payed off he was only paying a little bit a month took him 5 years to get it paid off. when i had fines it took me two years to pay them off. i got charged with hitting my neighbor and i took responsibility for it got a huge fine i tried paying it off. but i lost my job and couldn’t pay it so i had to show up for court well i was in the hospital and could not show up for court i called the court house and told them i couldn’t show up well i guess i called to late that they issued a warrant for my arrest. i got arrested and lucky a family member bailed me out. my bail was only what my fine was left of my fine. so i was lucky but others aren’t as lucky as i am. i don’t have a job at the moment but i get disability. i stretch my money to make ends meet while taking care of three kids one being a newborn who needs more then my two oldest kids do at the moment.
Great another one living off the system and pumping out more kids.
having all over your facbook hello fellow pot heads or smoking white owls two weeks ago is not your past nor is getting high. why in the world would people support this shit, guess there’s alot of drugies in mason city then there all people who care
I am not living off the system and popping out more kids. I paid into disability when i worked. I have real problems that keep me from working. Its called a bad back that prevents me from doing a lot of stuff. I dont have a college education as i was not able to pass the entrance exam to get in. I don’t get welfare. I am not like the women who have five kids and are pregnant again. I have stopped having babies. My youngest son was not planned its called failed birth control. Birth control does fail. Birth control pills do not work for me that is why i chose to do something more effective so i do not get pregnant again. my last pregnancy was very hard on me and almost killed me. and almost killed my son. so before you attack me anonymous i suggest you get your facts straight on why i am on disability. and accuse me of being one of those women who have babies after babies and refuse to get their tubes tied.
Your tubes were tied and you still got pregnant? Sounds like your back would be ok if you didn’t lay on it so much.
i haven’t gotten it done YET but i am going to the doctor to get it done. three is enough for me. they would not tie my tubes unless i had a c-section when my son was born. and my doctor told me i had to wait three months after my son was born to get it done. so i have appointment made to get them done at the end of this month. if you know anything about anything a woman’s uterus has to shrink down back to normal and it takes anywhere from 2 to 3 months to shrink down 100 percent. why dont you show who you really are? at least the money coming in that i paid in. i dont get welfare. if you think disability is welfare maybe then you need to get your head checked for mental problems. my back problems started WAY WAY WAY before i had kids. its called scoliosis. you know curving of the spine. it does cause major back problems and age and having three kids doesnt help it any. so thats why im done having kids. why dont you go attack the women who have 5 kids and are pregnant again and are getting full welfare!!!! and when i mean full welfare i mean food stamps rental assistance to where they dont pay any rent, and get cash assistance and wic. and dont have a man in their lives cause they all are dead beats that they hook up with.
I pay my child support!!! If I wasn’t paying any child support i would be up on NORTH IOWA MUGSHOTs!!!! Yes they can take child support out of disability just not the SSI part. I get SSI and DISABILITY!! If you know anything about me the real me you know that I pay my child support every month to my mother it comes right out of my check on the 3rd of every month. I am a damn good mother. I just had some problems a few years back and couldnt take care of my two oldest kids at the time. But i have gotten my life together now and i am working on getting my kids back. in fact i have already gotten my oldest son back from mother my youngest son has never lived with my mother and i am working on getting my daughter back from my mother i just need to get a bigger house for the four of us.
To all out there Teresa is not a bad mother she was having some problems and I stepped in and were given the kids on a Temp bases they have been with me for a while and Ethan is back home with his mother with all her parental rights. She Applied for SSI before the kids were taken and got it. As for the visits she has them every weekend and the court order being calx was because we set up visits on our own, with out the court. I have never had a problem with Teresa paying child support. You do not have all the facts about my family so please stop. Amy Hartman
Parent, didn’t you know it is perfectly normal for kids to be taken out of the home for years at a time. You must not be as good of a parent as Teresa.
to parent hater: i knew i couldn’t take care of my kids. so i did what i thought was best for them and that was giving temporary custody to my mother. i didn’t and don’t want to be like the mothers you always see in the news when it comes to their kids. it was nothing about money or anything like that i had a job when i gave custody to my mom. just like my mom said i had some problems for a while and couldnt take care of them so i did what any GOOD mother such as my self would do. give them to a family member who could take care of them better then what i could at the time.
Jackie you can ask my mother she gave ethan back to me last month. she has filed the paper work with the court house giving ethan back to me full time. i am not lying about that. i do take care of my kids all three of them, while i dont take care of jennie full time i do take care of her. i am mother and will always be her mother. i support my kids and you damn well know that you have been dealing with this family for 10 years. you are nothing but a damn bitch and the whole town knows it and as for being a liar i do admit to lying unlike you when you got arrested from hyvee for stealing liquor. a 5th degree theft DOES NOT TURN into a 3rd degree after 3 times i know this for a fact cause my ex wrote 15 hot checks all over iowa and they NEVER Turned into a 3rd a third degree is stealing from a store like stealing items
i want to thank everyone who likes to talk trash about me and my boyfriend and our son. i want to clear it up once and for all. i am NOT NANCY BLOCK!!! there have been times that she has been online talking to friends when i havent even been home. my mother did get on here and say something about my family. i did NOT pretend to be my mom i did not pretend to be nancy block. but im getting my internet shut off and when you see nancy on here and not me then you will know the truth.
Who are you talking to Teresa, these post are so random I suggest you get some help.
Some of the posts have been removed that’s why it seems it don’t make sense
Mercy Medical Center Of North Iowa is a Christian Hospital. They won’t tie a woman’s tubes anymore right after having a child. They use to. You have to go to your doctor’s office and have them do it as a same day surgery.
Ummm I just had a baby three weeks ago in the hospital and I had my tubes tied right away. My other friend had a hysterectomy as well. By the way collecting disability is not welfare. How dare you talk like that. My brother lost both of his legs serving our country and he is permanently on disability. Whoever you are why don’t you stop hiding behind an anonymous name and say who you are. How cool are you attacking someone anonymously! LMFAO
I wanted my tubes tied three months ago after my youngest son was born. But the nurse told me they wouldn’t do it. So I’m going to get it done here very very soon. Way to go Sammie Jo. You tell him!!! Disability is NOT welfare!!! I’m sorry to hear about your brother. I pray he’s doing well. I lost a old friend from high school in Iraq. Two months after he got over there. The war has touched everyones life some how.
Wtf does “christian” have to do with health care and getting your tubes tied? Many “christian” woman have had their tubes tied! You bible thumpers should be put on an island so you can’t try to force your beliefs on every one!! There were many religions before christianity, and many different views within it.
@Nancy Block, I’ve known you long enough to know that you are a very good person. You say you messed up, and maybe you did but you admitted to doing so and in my book that is commendable. I am on your Facebook friends list, and I wish you’d reconsider activating your Facebook account but if your in fear for your safety then I understand you not wanting to expose your identity. I was added to Fed ^’s page and asked a couple of questions. They were answered promptly, fully and honestly. I saw the KIMT news story about the lady administrators and found them to be intelligent, forthcoming, likable and refreshingly honest. Please Fed ^….stick around and maybe with your help Mason City will become a city in which we all can be proud of once again.
Is this LL? I might restore it. I’m not sure yet. I am tired of being accused of being TH. TH is also tired of the crap with stuff. I am surprised she has not shut hers down. The names her boyfriend has been called. The threats that have been made against her family her children especially her new son with her boyfriend who’s been accused of stuff
just a week ago was getting high with tara 🙂
We just need more sun, buddha, legalized pot, earthships, better medical system, free land, and the world would live in harmony.
Solarnation; if you really believe that, you have been led astray in a most unrealistic and harmful way. It puts you in a league with conspriacy theorists, and drugheads.
But if you really insist, there are some nice caves in Equatorial Guinea where you can live out your life with out interference. Sierra Leone would make a good second choice to open up your new world order. You could open your own dope shop in the back of your space alien house and make a killing.
I think the posts from @threatened and then signed from Rusty Foster shows the mentality of this family. Fed ^ is a joke.
The name of the group is Fed^ North Iowa, not “The Foster Family”, so why do people keep bringing the family up? No one should be held accountable for someone else’s thoughts, opinions, or actions, only their own. Although they might have a negative past, they’re trying to make up for it by building a positive future, so why not give them a chance to make up for it now?
@SAM
I’M NOT YELLING AT KELLI. MY FIRST POST WAS PUT IN CAPS MY MISTAKE, BUT SINCE IT ANNOYED THEM. I JUST LEFT IT THAT WAY. LOL
IF YOU CAN READ YOU WILL SEE THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE. JUST BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN DEOSHEA AND HER CAUSE. DOESN’T MEAN I HAVE TO AGREE WITH HER UNCLE BEING A CRIMINAL AND THEM THINKING IT IS OK THAT HE IS FREELY MAKING COMMENTS ON THEIR SITE. WHICH THE SITE WAS SET UP TO HELP “STOP” CRIME IN NORTH IOWA.
HE HAS TWO OUTSTANDING WARRANTS FOR HIS ARREST AND YET HE IS ALLOWED TO MAKE HIS COMMENTS ON THEIR SITE.
THE POINT IS SAM…….YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. JUST BECAUSE HE IS RELATED TO DEOSHEA. DOESN’T MEAN HE IS ABOVE BEING STOPPED.
THAT IS THE ONLY POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS……IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY AND DON’T WANT PEOPLE DOUBTING YOU. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WANT THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND PROVE YOURSELF TO THEM.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION SAM 🙂
@KELLI,
YES I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO POST A WANTED POSTER OF HIM ON YOUR FED UP SIGHT. I NEVER ONCE SAID FOR YOU TO PERSONALLY GO FIND HIM. IF I DID THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT.
I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. THAT YOU ARE BACKING A CAUSE BUT ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT STARTED THIS CAUSE. HAS A UNCLE ON THE RUN FOR CRIME.
YOU GUYS SAY YOU WANT CHANGE AND BETTER FOR NORTH IOWA, BUT YET SHE HAS A RELATIVE CURRENTLY WANTED BY THE POLICE. AND YES IT DOES INVOLVE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE HE IS POSTING THINGS ON YOUR WEBSITE.
HOW CAN YOU TRULLY BE INTO STOPPING CRIME. IF A CRIMINAL IS ALLOWED TO MAKE STATEMENTS ON YOUR WEBSITE? THAT IS THE ONLY POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE. SO GO AHEAD AND POST HIS PIC AND DELETE HIM FROM YOUR GROUP. IF YOU DO. I PROMISE I WILL NO LONGER COMMENT.
NOW AS FAR AS THE PERSON THAT WANTED ME TO “REVEAL” MYSELF. HOW FUNNY IS THAT? WHEN YOU DIDN’T EVEN POST YOUR NAME. LOL I DON’T HAVE AN ISSUE SAYING WHO I AM. I JUST DON’T WANT TO HURT THE CAUSE DEOSHEA IS TRYING TO START. BY ME REVEALING MYSELF. IT WILL ONLY ADD FUEL FOR THE HATERS. I COMMEND HER FOR WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO DO AND WISH HER THE BEST IN HER EFFORTS, BUT I WILL NOT LET HER UNCLE GET BY WITH WHAT HE HAS DONE. HE WILL BE CAUGHT IN DUE TIME AND I DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM FINDING THE PUNK.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID…………YOU SHOW YOUR’S AND I WILL SHOW MINE, BUT REMEMBER YOU DON’T ALWAYS WANT WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
My name is Sam and I used to live in Mason City I moved away a year ago. My family still lives in Mason City. So if you are a supporter of the site and Deoshea why are you yelling at Kellie? Makes no sense!
from Rusty Foster: Listen you puke you are the one who open your mouth!! I will find you and i don’t threaten!! You better ask around and see just how scewed you are!! Is this what you’re about attacking kids!!! You can say what you want but all you will be saying when i catch you is help! I don’t represent my family never have! But there is one thing i’m am trained and good at and thats going after pukes like you! So start running
Go play in the middle of a busy road, doush-bag!
Hey Devildog!! Why don’t you carry yourself with a little bit of intergrity and honor? Rusty, you are not as bad as you think. Pick a fight with the wrong guy, and watch what happens. More than anything, you are a bully that will have his day, and hopefully sooner than later. Wish I had your reputation. NOT!
Wow a guy almost 50 posing on Facebook without a shirt? Look at me everyone I’m A bad dude at least in my own mind. Ask around? Really all blow and no go is what most say. Except a few teenagers who you like to flex for and come intimidate when your relatives that are in high school and middle hav e an problem with another KID you come screaming to the rescue yelling at the kids or the parents. You are close to 50 right? Act it quit trying to be the tough guy. Most adults who live here in Mason know what your all about.
From Rusty Foster: You my friend just made the top of the list!! I’ll give you one day to be a dececent person otherwise…. well ask around i don’t make idol threats!!! You will apologize, in a pool of blood or on your own behalf so start making your calls to the cops seems to me you’re going to need to put them on speed dial. Remember everyone is responcible for what they say and freedom of speech does not apply when you are wrong and hurtful!
So this is how the Foster family plans on cleaning up the violence in N. Iowa? By making threats to ppl? Do what I demand or I’ll hurt you. Isn’t that extortion in a sense, extortion is a crime.
I agree. But this is how this family solves everything. Threats, violence, fighting, etc. Anyone who supports this website is simply supporting the Foster family’s bad morals and standards. Sorry, don’t like the name calling??? Well I call it as I see it.
And what’s even worse is you don’t dare post your name on this site or one of them will come after you.
I’m sorry that this is being done to her. This is all my fault. I feel so bad. She is not the only person being threatened. I to was being threatened that I just shut down my face book account for good. I am still being accused of being Theresa. I am not Theresa. I’m sorry Kellie that I messed up. I’m sorry you are being threatened and stalked. It is ridiculous. Threats of violence against Kellie Theresa and my self need to stop. Also anyone who is threatening to have Theresa’s child taken away from her those threats need to stop as well. She is no putting her child in any danger by being with who she is with. I was able to read the comments on fed up about what has been happening to Kellie an Theresa before the post was deleted. Theresa is scared and crying a lot. She’s scared that she’s going to lose the four most important people in her life. Her three babies and her boyfriend. I know the damage is done I’m sorry I messed up again. I mess up everyone’s lives that I enter.
Bravo, Nice post Tara Mikkelson!
Why are you saying nice post tara? i was the one who wrote the post about this stuff happening to kellie and said i mess up everyone lives i enter.
KELLI,
I DON’T THINK YOU CAN READ OR ALEAST COMPREHEND THE WORDS I HAVE SPOKEN. SO I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO CAP ALL OF THEM AGAIN AND I WILL TRY TO SAY IT A LITTLE S L O W E R F O R Y O U!
WHEN ONE SAYS THAT THEY BELIEVE IN A CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE WE WILL SAY “FIGHTING CRIME” THEY EITHER DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN FOR THAT CAUSE ( INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO) GETTING SOMEONE LOCKED UP FOR ASSAULTING A WOMAN ( WHEN THEY ARE A MAN) OR SOMEONE ON THE RUN FOR NOT PAYING THEIR CHILD SUPPORT.
WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT TO FIGHT CRIME. THAT INCLUDES ALL CRIME. NOT JUST WHATEVER YOU DEEM FIT. YOU SAY IT’S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OR TURN IN HER UNCLE, BUT YOU ARE BACKING THE CAUSE THAT SHE STARTED. HOW CONFUSING ARE YOU? I DON’T GET THAT ONE. COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO ME AS IF I AM A 5 YEAR OLD. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD PUMPKIN 🙂
NO ONE CARES! OH AND STOP BEING A CHICKEN AND HIDING BEHIND AN ANONYMOUS STATUS WHY DON’T YOU TELL US WHO YOU ARE? IF YOU THINK THAT THIS GIRL KELLIE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FINDING THAT GIRLS UNCLE YOU ARE OFF YOUR ROCKER. HERE’S AN IDEA WHY DON’T YOU GET OFF YOUR COMPUTER AND GO FIND HIM YOURSELF!!!!! GET A LIFE AND SHUT UP!
Tracking down and finding a convict is dangerous and stupid so no it is not my responsibility to do that. I will not put my kids in jeopardy because you want me to be a glorified hall monitor. Also you are acting like a 5 year old with the caps lock on its pathetic really. You want me to post a wanted post up on the page fine. But as far as me actively trying to find him WRONG I will not do anything that puts my family in danger.
Hello. My name is Nancy. I want to say I’m sorry that Kellie Clark was attacked like she was. Theresa explained to me that I had the wrong Kellie. I was thinking of another Kellie That was saying bad things about Steven and Theresa. Calling him names, threatening to have his child removed from his girlfriend’s care. This has all started because of North Iowa Mugshots. Steven is being labeled something he is not due to the creators of NIM posting infomation about his past. He has turned his life around. From what I have been told. I really don’t know what else to say but that I’m sorry Ms Kellie Clark
Some people have a vested interest in being grumpy a-holes. It wouldn’t matter what someone did or didn’t do, they need people to belittle and badger. If someone got their life together and cleaned up, they’d just have to look at their own miserable lives, and they would rather not do that…so smacking on people for drinking and drugs is as easy as kicking the cat.
I’ve already said I’m giving these girls the benefit of the doubt. Now let’s see what they can do.
And any of these people taking swipes at people for drinking…let’s see you never reach in the fridge for a beer for the rest of your life before you yap that yap.
I’ve quit drinking permanently and I don’t qualify drinking or drugs as a reason to tear these girls apart. To me real crime is an action that creates a victim. If you assault someone, steal from them, murder them…those are crimes. someone getting sh** faced and passing out in the woods is food for insects.
Peter, you forgot smoking, growing, and selling dope is against the law. And a majority of citizens are happy with that.
please add on facebook FED^north iowa is scam and help us make an arrest, just two week ago these youngs girls were promotting drugs all over there facebook page and bad mouthig the globe and yet they say they can clean up our town lets start with them going to jail for scaming people for there drug money a class c felony
I agree. These girls friends are on here saying they’ve changed, blah, blah, blah. Hello??? They changed in a couple of weeks? Don’t think so. And yes I think NIT needs to also do a story on the Fed^NorthIowa scam page.
I love how everyone keeps making it look like we all have charges against us and that we were promoting drugs. I do not have any charges period against me nor do I do drugs. Please stop promoting this about me and Kristy and Tara because this is not true. We also did not have anything about drugs posted on our pages and you are misleading people into thinking we did.
I think these girls should just take their site down. They call it Fed^North Iowa, well to be completely honest, I am fed up with crime also and it seems that one of these gals and her family have contributed alot of crime in this town. And recently I might add.
why can’t people see these girls are a joke and promote drug use and drinking it’s all over there facebook and thats what we want to give money too, what the hell is wrong with people today. drugs kill they killed a little girl in northwood cuz a guy was high so keep up the good work sticking with these loser and see what else drugs can do being your the ones giving them there drug money
yeah i hear there a joke and can see why
Seriously can we please stop all the he said/did, she said/did high school bs for 30 seconds so we can focus on the real issues at hand here? Cleaning up Mason City and getting it back to looking nice will be a nice start to greater things to come.
Like thumpers mother said on bambi “if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all”
You live in a fairy tale huh
I wish I lived in a freaking fair tale! I live in real world and from what I see going on around me something needs to change but bashing other people because of their past is not the way to go about it. Like someone said all the effort and energy that you people put into bashing these girls for their past you could be using it to actually get off your lazy ass and help clean up the community and make a damn difference. I plan on helping these girls out in way I can. It may not be giving them money because I have a family to care for but if they need help cleaning or help with a bake sale then Im going to help them. What are you going to do? Oh thats right, NOTHING BUT SIT ON YOUR LAZY ASS AND BASH THEM FOR THEIR PAST!
Mike Peckham is a child molestor and a rapist and how dare you for saying Kellie is a liar. I was on that site that day Kellie did not harass that man who was mike peckham he raped my friend and harassed my sister and attacked her. He has raped countless other women and harassed them too. Ask around and get the truth but are you siding with rapists now? With all 7 of his harassment charges he is ohhh so innoncent isnt he! I think not! Go you Kellie make a stand girl!
i wasnt talking about mike peckham. i was talking about someone else who IS INNOCENT OF the charges brought against him. Kellie did say some bad things about this young man who has since turned his life around is now a new father. who has stayed away from drugs and drinking and driving while he is suspended temporarily. but that didnt stop her from calling him a sex offender last year. i saw the posts on NIM with my own two eyes. when i saw her call him a sex offender i went to the Iowa Sex Offender Data Base typed in his name and nothing came up. Also i found the court record on iowa courts online about his little charge of alleged incest and alleged sexual abuse of his little sister. there was no truth to it, the charges were dismissed but that didnt and still doesnt stop the followers of NIM and the people from his past making him look bad. hes not a bad guy the most true trouble has ever gotten into was having weed on him and driving while suspended
I have no idea who teresa hartman even is nor do I know who steve is. So once again I have no idea where you get your information at
crap I read that wrong Teresa. Sorry about that but still I have no idea who steve is. I am innocent of this and really think people should get their people straight before they falsly accuse someone!
actually i am NOT Theresa Hartman I am Nancy Block. And yes I am talking about Steven Omans. Yes he is innocent. I talked to someone and they even said the charge was a lie. the person who really attacked his sister came forward. so i suggest you get your facts straight before you accuse someone and as for you being married Kellie Miss is not a name for someone whos married MRS is.
To whom it may concern. Whoever is stalking and threatening my friend Kellie please stop. This person has made a public apology Kellie Clark was mistaken for another Kellie but the fact remains that it was not her. People are harassing my friend and threatening to hurt her. This is beyond ridiculous…. The damage has been done and she suffers in the end! Nice real nice…
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May 4, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Hello. My name is Nancy. I want to say I’m sorry that Kellie Clark was attacked like she was. Theresa explained to me that I had the wrong Kellie. I was thinking of another Kellie That was saying bad things about Steven and Theresa. Calling him names, threatening to have his child removed from his girlfriend’s care. This has all started because of North Iowa Mugshots. Steven is being labeled something he is not due to the creators of NIM posting infomation about his past. He has turned his life around. From what I have been told. I really don’t know what else to say but that I’m sorry Ms Kellie Clark
i just wanna say these girls are all for drug use in mason city and themselves it’s all over there facebook, and drug use kill’s it killed a little girl getting off a school bus just this year in northwood, some guy was drunk and high, so if you wanna to support that than fine, cuz i sure in the hell aren’t gonna
please join fed^north iowa is a scam< to see piture's of the truth about them and what there real cause is thanks
really.. only one of those girls wrote that. the others have had nothing about drug us.. quit grouping them together. and secondly regardless if it was 3 days before these girls started this pag its been a complete 180. deoshea is pushing through this and thinking positive to help steer people away from making the same decisions she did. lay off it already.. pot isnt really the harmfulest drug out there. you should be more worried about meth and crack and other harmful oines.. shit pot heads sit get high eat munchies and laugh.. it also tryng to be legalized by those you are voting for. so get the eff off the damn pot ordeal. it would be a different thing if it was the more harsh drugs but holy hell man. get off the shit. and come back with better shit to say!
Anyone who has no sin in their life should step forward and throw the first stone.
“Never let your past predict your future”.
Research Ms.Foster on Iowa Courts Online. Of the 7 random cases I selected out of 19 I saw Burglary dropped to Attempted Burglary, Unauthorized Use of Credit Card dropped to Theft, Assault amongst those charges/convictions. I also saw fines in all the convictions that have gone unpaid. Many have been sent to collection agencies. The most recent was filed April 15th 2012.
I had a chance to really look into her record. 20 charges, 2 dismissed & 1 had her listed as something other than defendant. I do not think its fair to include that in what Im going to say since I don’t know what her role was exactly.
Of the 17: 9 are traffic violations, 2 are alcohol use under age, Theft 5th Degree, Harassment of Public Official, Attempted Burglary, Animal Disturbing the Peace, Assault, False Info to Law Enforcement. Yes some of them are minor charges and I only mention them cuz her fines are still not fully paid. She currently owes $6088.65 out of the $7299.85 she was ordered to pay.
Her first charge was Driving w/o valid license/permit. That was on 6/27/05 & she stills owes $97.65. She has 2 tickets she hasn’t made a single payment on, one July 2010 the other Aug 2010. Her last charge was Driving while Barred/Habitual Offender on 12/25/10. I’ll commend her for staying out of trouble for 16mos. Also the Theft & Burglary she was ordered to pay restitution and she did, but not the other fines.
She has 4 FTA in connection to not paying her fines on time. Of the 17 14 have been sent to collecting agencies, the most recent being 4/15/2012 for her Driving/Hab. Off violation.
If Ms.Foster has enough free time to run a froup & volunteer her time maybe she should look for a job if she’s unemployed or get a 2nd and get her fines paid off first. Also she should not be in charge of any finances as she has a habit of not handling her own very well.
I would like anyone that has or is planning on ordering a shirt from this group to keep in mind she does have a criminal history of Theft & Att Burglary and owes the state a lot of money. I’m not saying she planned all along to scam ppl, but @ $15 a shirt there is going to be money available to her. For many ppl getting 14 collection notices in 8mos would put a lot of pressure on them, pressure that may lead some to make poor choices. At this point we don’t know which type she is, but would you want to risk your money?
Girl you have WAY to much free time on your hands.. Get a life your way to obsessed with something that does not effect you at all..
OBSESSION MUCH???? Psycho…
“ (I quotation the word because I exclude personal non-violent drug use as a definition of crime)…..”
Peter, if an action is contrary to the law, it is a crime. Law is law. You don’t like it, change it. We have had this discussion in the past, and as was said then, and still holds true. The drug lovers in the U.S. do not have the majority needed to change our laws.
How about the coffee lovers? The Tylenol and Ibuprofen lovers? Not even worth mentioning the alcohol lovers…how about the high fructose caffeine drinking lovers? You don’t seem to talk much about all of these.
Guess what OB…they all have an effect on the human body and are technically classified as drugs…sugar too. Just because law hasn’t caught up with reality isn’t reason for us to pretend something doesn’t exist like you apparently are comfortable in doing. I’ve mentioned this about you before Observer…you’re an “after the fact” kind of guy. You wait until everything comes down the pipe for you to believe it and follow it, as the Good Law Abiding American Citizen you surely must be.
The reality Peter, is that a majority of people do not think coffee, tea, or sugar for example, need to be controlled substances. Only the pothead or drug lovers will use such justifications.
And trust me, there is no halo over my head. But that does not disqualify me from observing what works, and what does not. That includes the consequences of behaviors upon the whole of society. And there is nothing de facto about that.
Didn’t somebody Murder somebody and then hide the gun in Donya’s house?
yes someone did.
KELLI,
SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE, BUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING YOU ARE ENDORSING HAS TO DO WITH YOU AS WELL. YOU CAN’T BACK PEDDLE WHEN THE PEOPLE CALL YOUR GROUP’S PEOPLE OUT ON THINGS. LIKE THE FOSTER GIRL’S UNCLE BEING ON THE RUN OR THEM TALKING ABOUT DOING DRUGS. WHEN YOU ARE BACKING OR BELIEVE IN A CAUSE. YOU CAN’T HALF DO IT. YOU EITHER BELIEVE IN IT FULLY AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN FOR IT. OR YOU DON’T! IF YOU TRULLY BELIEVE IN FIGHTING AND GETTING RID OF CRIME IN THAT AREA. YOU WILL DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO STOP IT OR HELP TO STOP IT. WHICH INCLUDES TELLING YOUR FRIEND TO GIVE UP HER UNCLE OR YOU WILL NOT ENDORSE THE GROUP ANY LONGER. DON’T TRY AND ACT LIKE YOU AREN’T SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT! SO EITHER DO IT OR DON’T!
Once again it is not my responsibility to locate her uncle. Also they have never talked about doing drugs. This is a rumor and you have fallen trap to it. Number three you do not have to type in caps we can read your post just fine. Thanks for your comment now wait in line with the rest of the people waiting for me to care.
They’ve never talked about doing drugs…really!?!? None of their profiles are private. Would you like the screenshots saying “blazing up” and “my fellow potheads”? And that’s only within the last few weeks. Lord knows what we’d find if we went back farther. People wouldn’t make accusations such as those if they weren’t true and backed by proof. Clean your administrators lives up first before you all try and “help” other people.
Twinkle toes
Aside from what is common knowledge by now Deoshea is the only one with a record and the only one who was talking about drugs.My mistype I assumed you knew what I meant. No one else has a record nor do any of us do drugs and we certainly dont promote it on our pages.
PLease enlighten me as to who I accused of being a sex offender. I appreciate if you would not make up such horrendous lies about me. The people who know me know that number one I do not even talk on north iowa mugshots and number two that I do not just harass innocent people! I have never threatened anyone and would never threaten to take someones kids.
You are severely misinformed!
i’m not saying any names on here. but he does have you blocked cause you were calling him an SO due to NIM saying he was charged with incest and sexual abuse when he was 14 but then the charges were dismissed by a judge. i asked the young man to check his block list and sure enough you are on there. do you want me to post a screen shot of his block list with your name on it? at one time you did go on north iowa mugshots. so maybe you are the hypocrite? is this not you on remove north iowa mugshots last year Kellie Ann Clark Hypocrit…
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Kellie Ann Clark Have I gotten my point across yet? Hypocrit?
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he was and is still innocent but that didnt stop you from attacking him and calling him names and threatening his girl friend and their child.
ok so you dont harass innocent people but you admit to harassing guilty people? ” number two that I do not just harass innocent people! “???
i should say attacking him verbally
Yes with mikes 7 charges of harassment he is oh so innocent. NOT and its kinda hard to harass someone when you do not even know who they are. And if you know all of this it means you yourself must know me and were on Nims yourself but your so against the website so why be on it? Mike is a low life and molested his little sister ask anyone who went to school with him. The rest of what you are spewing is complete bs I have mike blocked on fb and havent talk to him in YEARS why you may ask because he harassed me and tried to get me to sleep with him and then proceeded on posting my address and phone number on fb I had strangers calling me for weeks until I changed my number. So more lies coming from the person to chicken to post their name! Nice real nice Jealousy is not a fitting color on you! 😉
i wasnt talking about mike peckham. i know mike peckham is a loser. i was talking about someone else miss kellie. also i NEVER been on NIM, if i was it was because i was arrested since the sight has been put up. but i havent been arrested since the site was created. and i dont plan to get arrested any time soon. i keep my self out of trouble.
Oh and by the way Last year at that date I was not married so no that is not me. Sorry to burst your bubble even more.
Nancy block I meant that clark is a married name and last year I was not Kellie Clark I had my maiden name.
Please enlighten me as to who I accused of being a sex offender>
You never have, but would smoke marijauna on ocassion if it were legal? Why would you want to smoke it if you don’t know what it does? i call bullsh$t!
If everyone who has negative comments put as much effort into helping as they do bashing those who ARE trying to help, maybe there wouldn’t be any crime in the first place! Just a thought… negativity doesn’t do anyone any good…
agreed
As a watcher of society and human nature, that statement cannot never be true. First off, we do not control other people. And no human being is perfect! We sometimes fail, fall off, or just don’t care about others in our community. It happens in every medium to large groups of people.
Further, the best we can do, is to observe and report when we see suspicious or criminal activity. But that is the duty of every citizen.
This current flap about some facebook page, is at best, small town gossip gone mad. He said, she said that her brother said that her uncle did, what her mother did, who her sister said, could not happen, but her brother said that she said that he said that……yada, yada, yada.
Kellie, if you are the person you say you are. Why did you call the creators of Remove North Iowa Mugshots a hypocrite? To me North Iowa Mugshots is a modern day stoning of criminals and people who have been arrested and charged then found not guilty of the crimes that they allegedly committed. When a person is found not guilty of a crime the followers of North Iowa Mugshots still think that they are guilty, when it reality they aren’t. North Iowa Mugshots are also nothing but bullies. They allow the followers to bully other people on their website. The foul language the threats are all just part of the bullying going on. Some of the comments on the pictures of the people arrested are just plain distasteful and immature. there are over 14,000 followers. most of them are parents and grandparents, and they are out there talking like this. these parents and grandparents are in their 20s and 30s higher ages. i know this is a new age of era but seriously lets all grow up and act our ages not our IQ’s or shoe sizes. I do like the fact of North Iowa Mugshots posting certain pictures of say the sex offenders and drug users. that way we know who to keep our children away from. but a person being arrested for say not paying child support is not right. the job market is not the greatest right now. people are losing their jobs left and right, not always does the CSRU help the non custodial parents with child support when they can not pay it due to losing their source of income. i do know a person who lost their job never missed a payment of child support when they lost their job they went to CSRU and told them and child support wouldn’t do anything to help them they told them they had to find a way to pay the child support.
If all their transactions with monetary goods are recorded, then how can it be a scam? These girls are just trying to make a difference, regardless of their past. How can you fault someone for trying to do good? They aren’t asking for money to pay for the time they’re putting into it. No one is paying them.. and they’re fairly new so give them a chance to prove themselves before you put up road blocks… If they make a difference, wouldn’t it be a good thing?
Ppl have asked them to provide proof. Those comments are no longer on the page. The ppl who asked received no form of proof. Yet the admins claim they will provide documentation.
We have not yet even collected any money for t-shirts so its kinda hard to provide proof for something we have not done yet. Thanks
Why again are you obsessed with something that does not effect you?
people go to deoshea foster wall on facebook open to the public just two weeks ago she was braging about her drug use and she’s changed how? please add fed^north iowa is a scam and see the truth for yourself
I don’t give money to any charities! Most are scams to give people jobs with a good pay check. Religous charities are the worst. They spend money on crystal cathedrals,moving child molesters so they can reaffend or meth and male prostitutes for the guy in Colorado. How many kids went to bed hungry because they blow their money to protect the brand name. If you want to give make it your time or food.
First a big Thanks to Mr. Marquardt for writing this.
Second, I am not against the group entirely. I support their desire to better their hometowns. What I do not support is the evasiveness the 2 main admins have shown since this started.
When the group first started there were comments attacking the police & not because the police weren’t doing their jobs. The original core members consisted of many ppl that have been on NIM for their own criminal activities. As the group expanded, mostly in part to members adding everyone on their friend list, the 2 main admins quickly changed their concept, to shirt sales. After that it was turned into a memorial page for anyone that ever died. Then when ppl questioned that they started another page for memorial pics, said the others would be transferred, but that has been slow.
Third, ppl who have posted negitive things questioning the main admins have been deleted. One person was deleted for posting an admins criminal record. Another for posting same admins 4/20 post. And a friend of mine was removed for voicing her opinion on the groups motives on 2 anti-FUNI pages. She did not name the ppl or use insulting language or make false claims. But for having an opinion that wasn’t 100% blindly supportive she was removed. A few ppl were removed for asking questions the main admins felt were “argumentative” but the newest admin says only 2 ppl have been removed.
Speaking of ppl being removed for having opinions, some ppl were attacked/insulted by the 2 main admins & their friends under their comments. Im sorry but if ppl with (recent) criminal histories start a page to fight crime and ask ppl to send them money directly for shirts, they should be prepared that some ppl are going to be skeptical.
Fourth, the shirts. They claim its not about the money its about bringing awareness for their cause. But I have seen one of the admins posting under comments & memorial pics things like “Plz buy a shirt” or “Don’t forget to order” or directing them to the shirt sales page/event. Those comments were deleted after ppl went public about them “pushing for money”.
The shirts sales was the main focus for a few days. The volunteering/community service was a focus after ppl made comments. And why does a group that is a wk old need shirts for? Bring awareness by your actions. Gain support and trust first. Set up the proper ways to handle the money. Have a place set up to receive the money beforehand so ppl know who & what they are donating to.
GET A LIFE PSYCHO
Mike, once or twice can be forgiven as a mistake, many , many, many, did I say MANY times, is a pattern and a chosen life style. Sorry facts is facts.
Well, I wouldn’t know how many mistakes you’ve made because you don’t use your real name. But by your logic, somebody makes mistakes, many many in your words, so they should just give up and decide to continue that route? If you have been wronged by somebody your trust level goes down, rightfully so but knowbody is forcing you to give them any of your money. In the meantime, can’t you at least hope for the best in these girls or how about instead of spending your time saying how bad they are, go start your own group and do something good. In order to do that you probably will have to use your real name though.
I know Deoshea, not that well but probably better than a lot you talking bad about her. She used to mow my lawn and was very respectful and an overall nice girl. So yeah, nice people can make mistakes and get a record to. What do you want her to do, turn into a bad girl because of her past behavior? You critics certainly don’t seem to be happy with her putting past mistakes behind her and trying to do good. It sounds like you girls are on the right track and at least trying your best, that should be all anyone ask of you. Don’t let negative comments get you down, use it to your advantage to work that much harder and make them all look stupid.
While I support what these girls are trying to accomplish, they are going about it all wrong. Yes I understand that they didn’t expect the page to blow up so fast and that is why they are unorganized. The thing that makes it all very fishy is that the first thing they want to do is sell T-shirts. YES, getting your name out there and spreading awareness is a wonderful idea, but you’re doing it wrong. When you want to do something like that and have people support your cause you should be ordering the shirts first, posting pictures so people know what they’re buying, and THEN having people make orders to purchase them. You do NOT expect people to hand you money, and then order them. YOU are the ones starting this and wanting to make a change so YOU are the ones that need to put the first chunk of change down to get it going.
I also fully support the fact that the two main girls have backgrounds and want to turn their lives around and make something of themselves. That is wonderful! But that right there is another reason that you need to be backing this cause first, then selling your merchandise or whatever. You need to prove that people can trust you and that you truly have changed. As of right now you’ve given no one any reason to trust you except a good idea.
All in all it’s a great idea for a way to better the community. You all just need to learn how to start these kinds of organizations without the drama and hassle. And lastly, Deosha and Tara, learn how to spell and use proper punctuation because you two do not sound professional in the slightest.
You might want to exclude your personal use of drugs as a crime, but it still is a crime.
Your use of drugs hurts more then just yourself. Being a druggie, you hurt your parents, you cost the medical community extra money to care for you due to drug use, and the list continues. The role model you exhibit to others is also harmful.
L to get your own life together before you try to advise others..
Your behaviour “is” criminal!
Good article Matt. On the surface I was going to critisize these people because of their records. However, I think I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt. I know the Foster girls Uncle and Father and they are good guys. If these folks can do some good more power to them. I tend to agree with Peter somewhat on recreational use of drugs. I think there are way to many people in jail or with records that just should not be there. I am going to wait and see attitude and hope they mean what they say. If they are running a scam it won’t be the first time I have been fooled and I will learn from it either way.
i to beleive there in need of drug money, and the only supporters they have are those that do drugs. guess there’s alot of drug user’s in mason city or people who just don’t care about what goes on here in mason city
these girls are a joke, and they know it. i’m guess there getting scared by now becuz people will find out about the truth why ask us to support there drug problem and i have a friend who’s called 37 people in the yellow pages in mason city and no one has orders for there t-shirts yet lmao what a way to rob the public
Omg Mary Hoffrogge well here’s a winner for ya America! Does the name Michael habercamp mean anything to ya princess? You don’t know me but I know you…. You were with a guy who sells pot and well Mike did too. How do I know? I was with and you were stupid enough to try to deal a deal in front of me. I walked my happy butt home and never talk to either of you scum of the earth again! Oh and love how your front picture is of you posing like the skank you are….
maybe ask how some of the victoms of these two feel about them being portraied as angels?
Both have been in N.I. mugshots on multiple occasions
Only Deoshea has been on NIM before.
How do you choose who goes on your page and what stories you cover? Just wondering because Greg Hodak’s mug shoot never showed up there, nor did you post the article from this sight. You posted the ones around it, but not that one.
its public record
Giving back is one thing, to ask people for money is another. And what exactly is this money for?? Sure you get a T-shirt, but what exactly are they spending their proceeds on? Are they a 501c3 non profit organization? There’s too many questions here that need to be answered. If they want to do good in the community, then go do it. Don’t just say your going to do it. Let’s see some positive things from this group of girls first. Also, I didn’t want to be a member of this group and I don’t know how my name was on it. I left the group, but it bothers me that they are somehow adding people and they might not have the 5,000 plus members if the people actually chose to be on their site. That raises some questions for me also. They need to prove and show the community they are serious, then they should get some praise. Anyone can come up with a facebook page. Let’s see them walk the walk along with all their talk.
Anonymous
Please go to our page and follow what we are doing. That is the only real way to know what is going on. Even though all of your questions are explained there I will answer them for you now. The t-shirts are being sold to get our name out there to help promote who we are and what we stand for. We will use that money for expenses related to our non for profit organization and our chosen charity to help is the humane society. Also we are going to document everything down to every dime earned to every dimed spent. These documents will be readily available on our page. Now to answer you on why we have yet to start. In the state of Iowa according to law in order to open a non for profit organization you have to have what is called “non for profit certificate”. Without this you can not legally do charity work on your own you can and will be fined. So we can’t just get up and do things quite yet. For any other questions please visit our page. Thank you for your concerns!
Are the admins volunteering there time or charging an administrative fee or hoping to get paid for time and services? Will all money donated go to charities or is there a administrative fee?
Anonymous we are not getting paid for anything we are doing! Money will go to charities and expenses needed for our organization!
Kelly, you seem to have your head on straight and I hope that the other two girls are truly trying to make a change. Why don’t you guys try organizing a clean-up around town or covering up graffiti that has shown up? You have enough of a following that you could use Facebook to its benefits and poll all your followers as to what ideas they may have. I think that it would be a better start there than to start donating to the humane society right away. If these projects end up working for you guys then your following will grow and benefit more charities like the humane society, or Northern lights, etc…. Just a thought. If you are truly Fed ^ with the violence etc…. you need to focus your attention and donations on things that would benefit. No offense to the humane society but they are not who needs the help right now.
I have gone to your page and quite frankly I don’t really see anything that impresses me. And sorry but I have lived in this town for many many years and the Foster family is just trouble from generation to generation. When I actually see these girls out doing something, something positive that is, then maybe I won’t be so skeptical. But they have had posts on their page about 4/20 which was not too long ago. They’ve had posts on their page with vulgar language. Wow, did they just happen to change their attitude over night? It’s pretty hard to take them seriously. Like I said, let’s see them walk the walk first.
And it’s not easy to get a 501c3 status. I wouldn’t be surprised if their application for this status is denied.
Maybe she could explain the probation violations and reason her fines remain unpaid years later.
“I am sorry for the negative feed back you have (received) we are just four young women trying to step up against all the crime that has plagued our towns”
One way these ladies could help police is to tell them the location of Ms Fosters uncle who has been on the run for the past 9 month and picked up another warrant two weeks ago following an assault in Mason City.
FOSTER, WILLIAM SCOTT 5 – 6 168 BRO USCV056662 0 08/22/2011 S171 5005
FOSTER, WILLIAM SCOTT 5 – 6 168 BRO SRCR020876 04/16/2012 S171 1399 1000.00
http://www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us/Sheriff/Most_Wanted/warrant.pdf
Not 100% sure but I thought that I seen William Foster make a comment on this Fed group page.
I can speak for me and Kristy when I say we do not know her uncle and have no idea where he might be. That does not pertain to us in anyway shape or form. Iam sorry we can not be of more help! 🙂
More excuses, the man assaulted somebody.
You are wrong it is not my job to turn her uncle in. One I am not a cop that is most certainly the polices job not mine. Two just because I am affiliated with a charity group does not make it my god given responsibility to turn anyone in. Three I can’t make Deoshea tell me where he is because she don’t know anyways. Lastly if it were your uncle would you be so quick to turn them in? Ya that’s what I thought!
So you are picking and choosing what crime to fight. See this is the opposition against you the Foster’s are part of the problem of ongoing crime in this city.
If it is only polices job to find criminals how come non charities like crime stoppers has posters up of criminals. How come NIT and the globe run stories of wanted criminals. Maybe you guys could post his wanted info on Fed Up and show you do not condone his serious assault from 2 weeks ago.
No I am not picking and choosing which crime to fight. I am not a glorified hall monitor. I will not go actively play detective and put my children in danger looking for a convict. Seeing a crime and turning that in is one thing but to go seeking a convict on the run is just plain stupid and dangerous! We want to help fight against crime by getting people to stand up for their communities and raising money to donate to the youth center also establishing neighborhood watch programs. Things of this nature are acceptable things to do. Just because we are a NPO does not mean we will play investigators and find convicts.
All though we do understand how some people feel because some of our members do have sketchy backgrounds, we however find it unfortunate that people could not come to us as adults to express their feelings about those members that they are concerned about. We have made it clear that buying said t-shirts and donating is not required all we ask is that people stand up against the crimes in our town and help us by helping others who need it. So in other words all we are really asking for is their time and energy. Otherwise I am not sure the purpose of Fed ^ North Iowa is a scam or what they represent I just know that there are a lot of disgruntled people who are deeply offended by some of the members backgrounds and why we are selling t-shirts. We are trying to erase the stigma on how people view others who may have not made the best decisions in the past. These members want it to be known that they are trying to better their lives and reaching out to help others going down the same path. This is their way of repaying their debts to society. I also want to let it be known on record that we have not now nor are we asking for money from anybody and we have not collected any money at all. We are simply selling t-shirts to number 1. Help promote awareness for who we are and what we stand for, and number 2. to raise money to help with expenses related to starting a non for profit organization and we want to begin with donating to the Humane Society. All t-shirt sells will be recorded, we will give receipts to everyone and we will provide all of this documentation on our page including proof to where the money is spent and where it goes down to every dime. What people are failing to understand is that this group literally just started a week ago. We have a lot of things to do before we can even start working with the community. There are things we need to do such as we need a non for profit organization certificate before we legally can do any volunteer work on our own. So we have taken it upon ourselves to do things the right way to avoid any fines or penalities. In the future if anyone has any questions, comments or concerns we only ask that you address it to our inboxes. We ask this because we do have a lot of supporters on our page and we do not tolerate any kind of personal attacks and general rudeness. We welcome any help the community has to offer and we look forward to hearing from people!
Could you please explain the 420 shout outs on Ms Fosters wall on April 20th. Does the group support illegal drug use?
oh No You didn’t…..the honest questions they refuse to answer on Facebook.
I have previously answered this question and I will again. I will not be held accountable for anything anyone else says or does. I am only responsible for myself and my involvement in our cause. Having said that no I am not for ilegal drug use period! I have three children who mean the world to me and I want better for them then a life of crime and drugs. They drive me to want to try to make a difference!
join facebook fed^north iowa is a scam and see all the truth you need behind these two girls all they want is our money
Out of curiosity, what does donating to the humane society have to do with cleaning up the streets and preventing crime in the community? I don’t see how in any way that relates to your goals, or helps stop crime. Clearly you all could come up with something better to put that money towards that actually has something to do with your cause. After all if people wanted to donate to the humane society I’m pretty sure they’d go purchase a cat.
I love how now Kellie is an administrator on this page, when she was just whining about it and attacking the creators of it yesterday, and suddenly in has become “HER” project/mission. Seems to me like her and her BFF have become the people without records for the other two that do have records to hide behind. Whatever, all I know is this whole thing is just WAY to much drama for me to even WANT to be a part of at this point! I’m already so sick of hearing about it, I’m going to chose to not read any further articles on the subject, and promptly delete anybody on my friends list that mentions their name.
To said poster..
I did not whine to anyone nor was I rude, I simply offered my ideas to them on how to separate the pages and better organize what they were trying to do. They loved my ideas so much that they wanted me to advocate with them. No one is hiding behind anyone and I can assure you that none of us has caused this uproar of “drama”. We have nothing to do with the people who our blatantly attacking our characters nor do we want any of that on our page. We stand for our views and what we are going to do the rest is out of my control!
Hahahaha! I’m with ya Reader. Two words: Screen Shots