This is a great time of year. The salmon and bright red leaves on our front yard tree are gorgeous against the white brick of our historic, but frustratingly old, home on the east side of …
The house is kinda empty so the television is on a lot. It keeps my birds happy and chirping. Keeps me a bit distracted as well. But as I was working on this week's Beside the Point, a …
Get our your tennis shoes and knee braces and block off some time. We are in a health care crisis and the best advice may be to take the bull by the horns. In the last month, Blessing Health …
Lee Rood is an investigative reporter for the Des Moines Register and did a piece this week on expected increases in property assessments coming next year. The piece indicated that Polk County …
Blessing's closure of the hospital in Keokuk is really a matter of life and death. We can see the dramatics on full display as Lee County grapples with funding an additional full-time ambulance …
My daughter is a very worldly person. This past week she got on a train and headed to New London, Connecticut to watch "I know This Much is True," a live production with Mark Ruffalo. Mark is the …
Seeing the throngs of people at Rodeo Park on Thursday brought back memories of the annual cross country meet that was held there for years. Something was a bit special about Thursday's Timm Lamb …
I don't know what's more amazing, the number of people I know when I walk Avenue G during the Rodeo Parade... Or the number of people I don't. I live about three blocks from the parade route so …
I"m not a rich man, sometimes its a challenge just to remain a happy man. As we get older the philosophies of life - the aches and pains - death, all on occassion smack you right in the mouth, and …
I sat about a month ago with Mark Cartwright in the MPR room at Fort Madison High School.I saw a man tired... a retired veteran who spends most of his time at the high school athletic facilities …
I want to write about sports today. I really do. Fall sports are just days away from official practices. Anticipation is palpable for another HTC run at state volleyball, the next-man-in …
Surprise, surprise.Exxon reported record profit sales for the past quarter. According to CNN Exxon made $2,254 per second over the past quarter.That's per second.President Biden waived off recession …
