30 Years Ago May 5, 1989 The Reinbeck Jaycees Honors Banquet was held Tuesday night, May 2, at the Reinbeck Memorial Building. Liz Mathes, KWWL-TV nightly news anchor woman was the guest speaker. Jodi Lynn Bruene of Gladbrook and Thomas Allen Day of Moline, Illinois, were united in marriage ...
Q: Why did you introduce the ACE Kids Act? A: Signed into law by President Trump in April, the Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act seeks to fix a hole in the delivery of care for children with complex medical needs. Most Iowans likely know of a family in their hometown communities who is ...
District 72 Newsletter By the time you read this we may well not only be done with week 15, but done for the entire session. We are working hard to finish by Saturday, April 27. This was an intense week of debate with more to come after I submit this newsletter. We completed several more ...
I spotted the first one out of the corner of my eye, just outside the kitchen window. A bunny! And then there were two of them. Hopping in the yard and eating grass. They were brown with white tails. Nothing fancy, just common garden-variety bunnies, but I marveled at they way they blended in ...
Some time ago, I reprinted with permission a news column written by Steve Lekwa, the now retired Story County Conservation Board Director and a long-time friend whom I respect immensely. He continues with his news columns and one he wrote in April gave me inspiration. Rather than reprint his, I ...
James Dale Novotny, 41, addresses of LeShara and Fremont, Neb., was sentenced on April 23 to three, 30-day jail sentences to be served consecutively by Tama County Magistrate Richard Vander Mey and assessed fines and surcharges totaling $263. In handing down the sentences, the 30-day term for ...
Sometimes I’ve just got to stretch, don’t you? In the middle of the night, when I’ve been sleeping in one position for a long time, it feels so good to just stretch and get the kinks out. Today we are going to consider how Lent stretches us, if we let it. When we enter the days of ...
30 Years Ago April 28, 1989 The Tama-Toledo Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)held their annual “Women of the Year” ceremony. Fourteen senior girls from around the county were nominated by organizations or individuals for this award. The 1989 AAUW Tama County ...
Ps. 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. It’s May already, and do I have a bad case of astronomy cabin fever! I think I could count the number of clear nights last month on one hand. I managed to get out to my observatory just ...
Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from my sister. I have just one sister. A “little” sister. She is two years and five days younger than me. When we were girls, it felt like a big gap. Eons of time separated us. She was always the little sister; I was the big one. She was ...