Yellowstone 2022 – Empty Nest by Curt Swarm
The temperature driving across Nebulous Nebraska reached 104 degrees. Someone else said it hit 109. …
The temperature driving across Nebulous Nebraska reached 104 degrees. Someone else said it hit 109. …
I fell down the rabbit hole of watching old baseball games on ESPN Classic during…
It really is one of the greatest stories to roll through Fort Madison in decades….
Here we are, well into year three of the effects and after-effects of Covid. An oft-heard…
The first-pride festival was held in Fort Madison on Thursday night. For the past few…
What is happening to us? What passes for public discussion these days certainly is not…
Brad Heald is at it again. He has an old 1948 Chevy Dump Truck sitting…
I love a blank computer screen… and I hate it at the same time. On…
Middle ground seems to have disappeared in the United States, and that’s unfortunate. These days,…
He’s had two great pleasures in his life. Most people only have one, but Paul…
Dear Editor On Memorial Day I had the honor of attending the ceremony at the…
I’m not a fan of getting older. I know the old saying that it’s better…
Mariia, Olena and Sviatoslav (or Sviat, pronounced “Fiat”) were in a quandary. All three are…
Guns. Boy, I don’t know. I’m torn on the social discussion, as guns are almost…
Officially, bishops and archbishops in the Roman Catholic Church have one boss, the pope. Of…
Dear Editor, At its April meeting, the Central Lee Board of Education approved the district’s…
It started when the internet went down. We live in the country so we have…
There’s something about being back at home after a weekend away. I don’t know if…
Dear Editor: When I hear “Pickleball”, I immediately flash back to my high school P.E….
Aaron Salter Jr., 55, was on duty at the security job that supplemented his retirement…
Linda and Kevin Ross live on the Skunk River near Augusta on the Lee County…
I just don’t get it. If someone would have asked me a month ago if…
Irony has been so deep in recent days that we shouldn’t be surprised if people…
Thad Crane and his wife Laura live in the old Selma school house. In fact,…
It’s been an interesting past several days. The wife went to Nawlins with the daughter…
The legendary U.S. Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis once observed, “Sunlight is said to be…
Ginnie and I participated in the First Annual Walk for Nohema in Chautauqua Park in…
Life is the prize. Sometimes we ask ourselves, unfortunate as it may seem, why we…
Lorrilee McCall-Miller heard something outside their door as she was getting ready for bed. It…
I’m confused. Some of our political leaders seemed to be talking out of both sides of…
I wanted to write this week about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ spitting match with Disney…
A common refrain from Democrats during Donald Trump’s years in the presidency was that he…
Gracie’s mother prostituted her when she was 11. At 13 she stabbed a kid in…
The buds are out again on the sugar maple out my front window. It’s a…
This is one of those times when people who have little appetite for politics need…
Easter-egg hunts at our house when I was a kid were conducted on Easter Sunday…
The assault was streamed live.It was a play at home plate in a youth baseball…
Dear Editor – Education is a hot topic in Iowa. The idea of taking up…
Recently, Iowa’s farmers and ranchers were slapped in the face by voters in California. In…
Erin Merryn is an Illinois woman who was sexually abused as a child by two…
The House of Representatives has a big chore coming up. Those legislators are facing some…
Through history, some political leaders have been outstanding orators. Boy, could they talk. They knew how…
In restaurants or public places he sits in a corner with his back to the…
They say it’s not good juju to talk about your competition, but I don’t give…
I’ve suffered from tinnitus (ringing, buzzing in the ears) for over 20 years. I had…
Close to 300 animals were taken from a home in rural Lee County over the…
Many years ago, I sat at the kitchen table of a pots-n-pans salesman from Pleasant…
To the Editor; On Tuesday of this week the Fort Madison City Council will be…
“I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right…
Bohannon didn’t call glass on that 23-footer, but that didn’t keep me from backwards somersaulting…