In recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction, we're often not aware of how much we are changing until we see a difference in how others react to us.  This is a story of my friend Steve, and …

Dear Editor:  I attended the debate last Tuesday at the high school. I was waiting to speak to Mr. Vandenberg after his conversation with the jail employee in question. I was …

Visiting Taylor in New York City for a spell. I made the snap decision to go because I’m getting cabin fever and, quite frankly, exhausted with the coming election, workloads, losing weight, …

Dear Editor: I would like to start by saying that I expressed to both Sheriff campaigns that I had no intention of publicly or on social media endorsing either candidate. At this time things …

Dear Editor: I want to start this by saying that I have been a supporter of Stacy Weber for sheriff. I have known Sheriff Weber for a few years, but I've gotten to know him better since being elected …

The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.  Both Ken Madden and his son Sean, of rural Crawfordsville, graduated from the University of Iowa, and both participated in ROTC—Reserve …

A family acquaintance was on Vice President Dick Cheney’s Secret Service detail during George W. Bush’s presidency. His Christmas photo one year was a portrait of him, his wife and Cheney …

Welp… It’s that time of year. The time of year when the readership of Pen City Current gets to be my unwitting therapist. I was scrolling through Facebook to make sure our most recent …

Dear Editor, Central Lee community, parents, and students, Each September, the Central Lee Community School District engages an independent firm to audit its financial records. Following the …

When I played Little League baseball on the dirt fields where West Burlington’s softball field sits now, I wore No. 14 Every single summer I insisted on it. When you stayed in the same league …

Dear Editor: As a member of the Board of Directors for the National Education Association, I have a unique vantage point within the educational community. Traveling across the state and nation, I've …

Talk about lousy optics — and I am not referring to out-of-style eyeglasses. Public perception is the topic for today. There were a couple of recent news nuggets that illustrate in different …