Iowa is about as far removed from an ocean as you can get. But this state figures in recent news reports about the U.S. Navy — and not in a puff-up-our-chest-with-pride way. One of the reports …
From the first sentence, Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story, to the last, Nothing else remains of the ferocious struggle that once took place there, or …
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 …
My beans didn't come up this year, nor did the peas, cucumbers or sunflowers. And I planted them twice, first with a reputable brand of package seed, then bulk seed. It was dry, yes, but …
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 …
IOWA CITY — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz knows that his offense has been somewhat of a punch line, especially in the last year. So he was hesitant to mention during his press …
Campaigning for public office is no picnic. Day after day there are speeches, Q&A’s, interviews and the constant need to think before you speak. Candidates eat enough chicken to have …
I thought it was allergies, after all, it's late summer and I'd been planting grass seed in a bare spot our landscaper left us, and had been tilling up the dry soil. My left eye kept watering …
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 …
There were more disclosures in recent days in the ongoing saga involving the ethical standards of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court — or, more accurately, the lack of ethical standards. With …
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 …
DONNELLSON - There was plenty of power behind Kenyon Murray’s words to Central Lee High School’s coaches and parents on Thursday night. Murray had a successful college basketball …
