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The biggest story we think you may not be paying attention to quietly got swept…
The biggest story we think you may not be paying attention to quietly got swept…
A lot of runners, myself included, are happy if they place in their age group….
Thursday, December 31, New Year’s Eve Day: The Vintage Raven in Mt. Pleasant posted on…
Melrose Avenue is one of the main arteries into the area around Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium.For…
We’re just seven days from ending what is undoubtedly the worst year generationally of our…
The cough, Kirk Ferentz said, wasn’t unusual.It was the end of the season, after all,…
During a blizzard in the late 70’s a city worker in Mt. Pleasant was driving…
Editor: If the proposal to park on the North side of Avenue E is passed…….. …
Not sure how were gonna tie this all together, but let’s give it a ride….
Dear Editor: As we move forward into 2021 amid the COVID-19 shadow, we must do…
Walking into New London High School Saturday morning, I forgot to put my mask on….
IOWA CITY — The reality of trying to build a college basketball program in the…
On a summer afternoon you might see a 49-year old man running through the streets…
So… how are the leftovers? I read a lot before Thanksgiving about people celebrating in…
It’s just 12 pages a day for 90 days. Anyone can read 12 pages a…
It’s late Saturday night and I’m stuck fighting that anxiety of the darkness… again. It’s…
I get it.If you’re the parent of a high school athlete, I understand if you’re…
I was welding away on the last sculpture for my art show in Fort Madison….
I ventured up to the Canine Corral dog park just south of the Rodeo arena…
Letter to the Editor; On behalf of the Shelter, the board and I wanted to…
Soft music plays constantly in Rich and Pat Pendroy’s home in Monroe, and in his…
A strategic goal of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is to represent the…
Okay, folks, here’s your chance to get some genuine Curt Swarm junk, I mean art….
Letter to the Editor: We have just completed our Fort Madison Elementary Schools Walk/Rock A…
Jane and Mark McConeghey of Monroe, Iowa have always been innovative farmers, caring for their…
The office looked like any editor’s office.Press releases and various correspondence piled on the desk.A…
Noble, friendly, protector, dog rescuer, ready smile, popular, motivated, giving, outgoing, receptive to feedback, empathetic,…
Northeast of Bloomfield or Southeast of Floris is what might be considered an outdoor museum…
You may have noticed the big, beautiful, red barn beside the highway. It’s just west…
Gary Barta noticed it when he saw others as he was walking through Iowa’s football…
Dear Editor: Due to COVID-19, current social distancing rules and the inability of friends and…
On August 27, the night before Ginnie’s birthday, the moon and Mars lined up side-by-side,…
“Nurtured and pampered by parents who didn’t want to make the mistakes of the previous…
Families gotta start back getting together for Sunday dinner and family reunions…not just funerals. –…
Except when I was 13 and got a Winchester single shot, .22 rifle, this may…
Dog park, grooming, boarding, training, world class Yorkies, pigeons for dog training, wildlife habitat and…
Whew! The emotion of the COVID-19 pandemic certainly is playing out on social media. The…
Ironically, I may have brought this on myself. Being an artist, I see beauty in…
College is a time to spread your wings and move out of your comfort zone….
My only goal was to keep up with Ray in the row beside me and…
I made an uncanny observation the other day while watering our garden. Hose water tastes…
He’s 6’9” tall. When Bobby Quayle (pronounced “Quail”) was in grade school in Mt. Pleasant,…
I was leaving Iowa City, heading south as the sun was setting, when I saw…
I did not know that chipmunks, also known as “squinneys,” can destroy a garden. They’re…
It’s worth a road trip to see. Located in Traer, Iowa, north of Tama, the…
It was the spring of 1995 when my family and I decided to return to…
He was eight years old when he came west in a covered wagon from Ohio…
I tilled a pick-up load of composted sheep manure into our garden. I know I…
If you haven’t been paying attention to the recent scramble for the county to find…
Dear Editor, The speed at which this County turned its back on such a loyal…