My late friend Paul was a fine Des Moines teacher. I wish the Evans girls had him for history and government. Judging from his ability to entertain me with descriptions of his interactions with …

The following information was submitted to the letter to the editor information form on www.pencitycurrent.com: first name: Tom last name: Cale address: city: Fort Madison …

There’s a Bee in my brother’s house. It’s a big Bee. About 6’3 and 190 lbs., this Bee came to stay with my brother’s family in June as a favor to friends of …

Thursday’s derecho that raced through Lee County, blowing up Montrose and Keokuk, while doing a substantial amount of damage in Fort Madison and outlying areas, was something close to evil. A …

It was 2:00 am.  Even on vacation I get up early.  I just wake up.  I was trying to read my morning meditation.  The words were blurry.  I wiped the tears from my eyes.  …

Every now and then I have a conversation as part of this job that sets me back just a bit. I had one of those conversations on Friday with a 16-year-old girl whose life was flipped upside down 10 …

It’s been a while since I’ve had kids in the house. My brother is up from Florida visiting and checking in on the family. It’s nice to have an extra body around with mom’s …

I baled hay once as a teen where the farmer used a hay trolley to lift and convey the bales into the barn instead of an elevator.  It worked pretty slick.  The farmer used a little Ford …

One of the things I hate the most, but one of the most necessary anymore, is travel. I had plans to fly to New York City on Thursday, but some heavy medical events kept me from getting on a plane …

Sue and I were in Washington, Iowa, last month. The purpose for our trip was a high school graduation. It was a special occasion because the people we joined with in honoring young Cameron, the newly …

How do you describe an artist? You talk about their art. Well, what if the artist has more than one art form as most artists do? You talk about each of their art forms as defining part of the artist, …

We’re all thinking about it, but we're not sure anyone’s talking about it. So we'll talk about it here. A building collapsed in Davenport this week and lives were lost. Still more are yet …