the feel-good story of the year.

wanna bet that the Hamanns aren't republican?

DesMoinesRegister.com: "It's the talk of the town: Richard and Donna Hamann will pay the December electric bill for every person, school and business within the city limits of Anthon.

The city clerk is busily calculating the final amount, but it's likely to be just under $30,000.

'My little philosophy is everything I have is a gift from God and what I do with it is my gift to God,' said Richard Hamann, a retired cattle farmer born and raised in the northwest Iowa community.
Hamann, 75, wanted to build a $1 million wind turbine on his land and donate it to Anthon. The turbine would have covered a third of the town's electrical needs, but the city's contract with its power provider, Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative, wouldn't allow it without a hefty penalty.

So Hamann figured the least he could do was pick up a month's tab for the town of 650."