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Q&A: From Judiciary to Finance With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

Q: Did you achieve what you set out to do in four years as chairman of the Judiciary Committee? A: Serving as chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was a hard-earned privilege I was honored to fulfill after climbing the rungs of the seniority ladder. I first landed an assignment on ...

Looking Back ~ From the Archives of the Reinbeck Courier-By Laura Beard

10 YEARS AGO DEC. 18, 2008 Emma Fleschner got her hair cut and donated 10 inches of hair to “Locks of Love “. A fire was reported in the bagging filter system at Green Products Co. in Conrad on Dec . 13. No injuries were reported. Mr. & Mrs. Allen “Bud” Weeks will celebrate ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-The upside of snoring

In our culture we don’t usually brag about snoring. It isn’t a skill we covet. It isn’t seen as a skill at all, but an embarrassing behavior beyond our control. Sort of like stinky feet or public flatulence. I’m here today to suggest we come out from under the covers and embrace the ...

Looking Back ~ From the Archives of the Reinbeck Courier-By Laura Beard

10 YEARS AGO DEC. 11, 2008 Fritz Cohen, former resident and a graduate of Reinbeck High school, was made an honorary citizen of Ronnenberg, Germany. Bradley Lynch, Grundy Center escaped serious injury on Dec. 7 when he was hit in the chest with a shotgun deer slug. Jessica Eckhoff and ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-When life isn’t a bummer – not really

It’s such a bummer when on a normal day when you have nothing else planned you get a phone call from your daughter asking if you can babysit your granddaughter for an hour or two and you of course say yes then proceed to spend that babysitting time just cuddling and listening to her coo and ...

Laity Reflection: A Happy New Year! Blessed time of HOPE!

As we were reminded last Sunday, with the coming of Advent is also the coming of the new Christian year. With it brings Hope for the things to come and a reminder of the promises God so clearly brought to his people before Jesus’ time, in Jesus lifetime and to all of us today. Our focus ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-When life isn’t a bummer – not really

It’s such a bummer when on a normal day when you have nothing else planned you get a phone call from your daughter asking if you can babysit your granddaughter for an hour or two and you of course say yes then proceed to spend that babysitting time just cuddling and listening to her coo and ...

District 72 – Rep. Dean Fisher

I am honored and humbled to once again be elected to the Iowa House of Representatives to serve the people of District 72. I truly appreciate the trust that has been placed in me by the voters of this district that includes parts of Marshall and Black Hawk counties and all of Tama county. I ...