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Dear Editor On Memorial Day I had the honor of attending the ceremony at the Keokuk National Cemetery. It was a beautiful day,  the sun was out and a breeze rippled the flags as …

I'm not a fan of getting older. I know the old saying that it's better than the alternative. I think somewhere deep in the recesses of my mind I thought I might be …

Mariia, Olena and Sviatoslav (or Sviat, pronounced “Fiat”) were in a quandary.  All three are excellent students and college bound, but because of the war, their lives are torn apart.  Their …

Guns. Boy, I don't know. I'm torn on the social discussion, as guns are almost like the third rail. You start talking gun control and you can really create some …

Officially, bishops and archbishops in the Roman Catholic Church have one boss, the pope. Of course, their ultimate authority figure is Jesus.  That’s why many Catholics and …

Dear Editor, At its April meeting, the Central Lee Board of Education approved the district’s tax levy for the 2022-23 school year. The district was able to drop the tax rate another …

It started when the internet went down.  We live in the country so we have our own satellite internet provider.  The internet has gone down before, in storms and so-on, and it was just a matter of …

There's something about being back at home after a weekend away. I don't know if it's just age (yep!) or expanding the work week for a full weekend at Drake, but there's something …

Dear Editor: When I hear “Pickleball”, I immediately flash back to my high school P.E. days. I vaguely remember the rules, but the game itself was fun. Fast forward to today, when …

Aaron Salter Jr., 55, was on duty at the security job that supplemented his retirement income. Ruth Whitfield, 86, was buying groceries. Celestine Chaney, 65, stopped in for strawberries for the …

Linda and Kevin Ross live on the Skunk River near Augusta on the Lee County Side.  They already have three older Airstream Travel Trailers—you know, the ones that look like silver beetles going …

I just don't get it. If someone would have asked me a month ago if I thought Fort Madison could pull off being "crunchy", I would have thought they were talking about its age or maybe …

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