–An author with family ties to Kossuth County will be in Whittemore Thursday to sign copies and discuss her first full-length novel. Jean Morken grew up in Sioux City, but her mother Rosie Higgins, was born and raised in Whittemore, and she used some true-life stories from her mother’s family to write “The Weekly Edition”. Morken tells KLGA News that she was never a writer by trade, but she always had a knack for putting pen to paper and eventually began taking writing courses
The Kossuth County Genealogical Society is hosting the book signing event in Whittemore, where Morken drew inspiration for her book through the exploits of her grandmother and uncle.
While “The Weekly Edition” is a fictional story, Morken researched the newspaper business during this era, especially in smaller communities, and based some of the story on her family history.
Morken will be at the Whittemore Public Library Thursday from 10AM-12PM to discuss “The Weekly Edition” and sign copies, which she will have available for sale.
