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Q&A: Another Step to Solve Opioid Epidemic With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

Q: Why are opioid addiction and overdose deaths continuing to climb in the United States? A: This fatal cycle of abuse, dependence and overdose continues to poison families and communities, affecting all income and education levels, ages and regions of the country. It’s being referred to as ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-A happy place defined

We all need a happy place, or at the very least can benefit from one - or a dozen, take your pick. You don’t have to limit yourself to just one happy place. Go ahead; grab a few. They’re free! A happy place doesn’t have to be a place, per se, but it can be. It is a state of mind ...

Conservation-WEEDS By: Kevin Williams, Grundy County Conservation Director

I grew up on a small farm in Iowa. My family always had a large garden. Most of my conservation career has involved trying to grow “good plants” like trees and prairie. While Ralph Waldo Emerson may have viewed weeds as “plants whose virtues have not yet been discovered,” few farmers ...

Q&A: Another Step to Solve Opioid Epidemic With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

Q: Why are opioid addiction and overdose deaths continuing to climb in the United States? A: This fatal cycle of abuse, dependence and overdose continues to poison families and communities, affecting all income and education levels, ages and regions of the country. It’s being referred to as ...

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

10 YEARS AGO SEPT. 25, 2008 G-R stops south Winn with late three pointer. Lindsey Murphy, Air Force Guard Airman first class, has graduated from Lakeland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Timothy Christian School is recipient for National Endowment for Humanities in Wellsburg. Harold ...

Q&A: REINS Act With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

Q: What is the REINS Act? A: Article I of the U.S. Constitution assigns authority to Congress to write the laws of the land. This foundational cornerstone reflects the brilliance of the founders’ enduring wisdom: to ensure the laws governing the people of the United States are enacted “of, ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Anyone relate? Didn’t think so

Humans are united by common bonds. We might be tempted or maybe better put inclined to focus on differences, but we are all united in the human condition and we share more common experiences than we might realize (or even want to admit). I’ve written about these scenarios in the past, but my ...

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

10 YEARS AGO SEPT. 18, 2008 Local P.A. Gregory Randolph, receives National Recognition as AAPA Distinguished Fellow. G-R Homecoming candidates are: Brent Bengen, Scott Benson, Jordon Bledsoe, Ethan Charley & Zach McCarthy. Rose Koester, Victoria Schwartz, Keisha Smith, Nicole Vieth & ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-Anyone relate? Didn’t think so

Humans are united by common bonds. We might be tempted or maybe better put inclined to focus on differences, but we are all united in the human condition and we share more common experiences than we might realize (or even want to admit). I’ve written about these scenarios in the past, but my ...