I don’t think I’ve ever seen Tri-State Rodeo’s C. E. “Eddie” Richards so full as it was Friday night for Alabama. What a tribute to so many. I’m not sure …
Fort Madison Mayor Matt Mohrfeld and I have a love-hate relationship. We’ve squawked at each other over philosophy, principal, prose, and polls. And what actually constitutes a legitimate …
The forest through the trees. It’s an old idiom that says we're not seeing what’s right in front of our face because… well, it’s right in front of our face. It’s …
The sun is about to set on the summer. We’ve had a drought, a derecho, and downpours. The sounds of locusts and music running through the east side streets near Old Settlers Park on Friday …
This week I want to talk about something a bit more important than my subconscious, or sleep patterns, or why the Reds blow since the All-Star break. I think we need to talk a bit more about the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
There’s a Bee in my brother’s house. It’s a big Bee. About 6’3 and 190 lbs., this Bee came to stay with my brother’s family in June as a favor to friends of …
Thursday’s derecho that raced through Lee County, blowing up Montrose and Keokuk, while doing a substantial amount of damage in Fort Madison and outlying areas, was something close to evil. A …
Every now and then I have a conversation as part of this job that sets me back just a bit. I had one of those conversations on Friday with a 16-year-old girl whose life was flipped upside down 10 …