Bob Grossenkemper One of the great things about living in a rural area with a small main street is the people you run into that you probably should’ve run into a long time ago. One of the …

It’s basketball crazy time and I’ve been watching my share of it over the past couple days. The best so far has been the Kentucky/Santa Clara game where a 3-pointer looked to secure the upset win …

Bittersweet. That’s the overwhelming sense of emotion that sat in the boardroom on the Central Lee campus Thursday night. Superintendent Dr. Andy Crozier produced an agenda for the meeting that …

 I played Pinehurts this weekend. It’s where Payne Stewart won the U.S. Open in 1993 and did his famous Goofy “Perfect Cast” move on the 18th green after beating Phil Mickelson on the …

With the winter sports season in the rearview mirror, there’s time for some late night thoughts without running out to this high school or that. My thoughts are centered around efforts currently …

You’ve all seen the pictures of Kelsey surrounded by sunflowers in our e-edition this week and online this week, if you’re reading or watching. We memorialize her in sunflowers because she loved …

Sunday musings are typically for lighter fare. Consumption with coffee and a cruller or a piece of toast. Today, I don’t get to be light. Today I delve into a subject that seems to be more and more …

Sometimes chasing a state championship opens up storylines other than the championship itself. I’ve seen one champion roll through Fort Madison in my 10 years covering high school sports. That was …

Climbing trees is something that I liked to do as a kid. I didn’t mind getting way up there 30, 40 feet. I remember my mom coming out in the backyard behind the trailer we lived in when I was …

You know it’s cold when you’re cleaning your windows in the living room and the spray freezes on the glass. You also know it’s time to reseal the windows. You know it’s cold when you go to …

I was literally hit with a metaphor this week. And just so I don’t bury the lede, the metaphor was about keeping my focus on what’s in front of me. Now, you can go all philosophical on that and …

I took a 3-month Facebook break starting about Halloween. I kept getting messages that someone was trying to hack my account and it was always a chore to get the channel to come up on my phone. The …