Jim Dougherty, known as Libertyville's Greatest Barber, retired after 62 years cutting hair in the same town in the same location.  On Sunday, July 30, Libertyville threw a barber-pole …

Is it something with aging that makes your eyes feel like an evil mini Bob Villa snuck in and scoured your eyes with 20-grade sandpaper while you were in REM mode? I’ve always just thought …

Silly me. I thought I had been paying attention to the issues about which Iowans feel strongly. You know, things like inflation, taxes, government spending, the war in Ukraine, a new farm bill, water …

No one told me it would be like this.  I thought growing old was supposed to be the “Golden Years” where you sort of enjoyed life with your spouse, traveled, spent leisure time with …

I have a Charlie Brown complex. Actually, all the girls in my family would say I have a Lucy complex, but let’s not open that can of worms on a Sunday morning. I get in these moods. I suppose …

Dear Editor; On behalf of the Ft Madison Food Pantry I would  like to encourage area gardeners with excess garden produce to consider donating it to our pantry shelves for the food insecure of our community. Nothing

I found my milk. I just want to put this to bed. Apparently, some jackwad thought it would be funny to go to Fareway and stick it in the dairy counter right next to a bunch of other …

One of the photographs of my father that I clearly remember appeared on the pages of the Bloomfield Democrat about 60 years ago. Pop was standing chest-deep in a hole that had been hastily dug in the …

Tim Haeffner doesn't remember hitting the ground.  He came to being loaded onto a gurney, with EMT's asking, “What's the other guy's name?” “Lance,” Tim mumbled.  …

I was thinking that this week’s submission would be about something called the Great Milk Caper of 2023. It’s something that I’ve been investigating on my own time. I haven’t …

They're back!  The Japanese Beetles are once again attacking our aronia bushes, fruit trees, grape vines, roses, and even the rhubarb, Indian corn and “punkins.”  Grrr.  In …

My late friend Paul was a fine Des Moines teacher. I wish the Evans girls had him for history and government. Judging from his ability to entertain me with descriptions of his interactions with …