Thompson Courier and Rake Register
Klemesrud's parents published the Thompson Courier and Rake Register from 1936 to 1974, until they sold to Ben Carter, the publisher of the Forest City Summit, a newspaper in the county seat of Forest City, Iowa. In 1997, Klemesrud purchased the newspaper while working for ABC-TV in California. He published the Courier from 1997 through 2001. He returned to Iowa in 1999. He sold the Thompson Courier to Kim Norstrud.
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