In search of a topic for the news column, I stumbled on some notes that I had gathered long ago called fun facts. I went searching on the internet and found more fun facts than I could share in a 500 word news column! Here are some: The ostrich eye is bigger than its brain. Elephants are the ...
I was inspired to write this article during a recent foot patrol through Mericle Woods State Preserve three miles northwest of Toledo. This preserve is a 132-acre public area of mature oak forest. A study revealed that trees exceeding 200 years of age are found in Mericle Woods. Eight such ...
An appeal to add or modify a litter control ordinance which would apply to residential properties at Union Grove Lake, rural Gladbrook, was brought before the Tama County Board of Supervisors on Monday. Lake area residents Nancy and Henry Kerns and Russel Pedersen are seeking to extend ...
Word has just reached the news waves that the famous Notre Dame Cathedral is burning. No doubt the damage will be extensive and our thoughts go beyond words. In the days to come we will learn more about the cause and the amount of damage and in the holiest of weeks in our year, our brothers and ...
30 Years Ago April 21, 1989 Bill and Carol Helleseo became the parents of a baby girl, Bethany Suzanne, on April 8. Her grandmother is Dorothy Rohwer of Garwin. Paul and Velma TeKippe, Gladbrook, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Elmer Ladehoff was honored and recognized for his ...
Toss and turn. Turn and toss. I’m willing to bet we’ve all done our fair share of both. Wakefulness when wakefulness is unwanted. Wakefulness when others are sleeping. Wakefulness when we are supposed to be sleeping, when we will ourselves to sleep, but to no avail. Wakefulness when we ...
In search of a topic for the news column, I stumbled on some notes that I had gathered long ago called fun facts. I went searching on the internet and found more fun facts than I could share in a 500 word news column! Here are some: The ostrich eye is bigger than its brain. Elephants are the ...
Week 13 of the session is done. We are continuing work on appropriations bills, a sure sign that we are moving towards the end of session in the next few weeks. One of the surest ways to tell that we need to be wrapping up the session is the discussion amongst legislators about soil ...
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” -(2 Corinthians 5:17)- C. S. Lewis was not only brilliant but a thoughtful observer of people as well. Lewis strongly didn’t agree with the premise that joining the household of faith ...
30 Years Ago April 14, 1989 Mary Lynne Bearden and Linda Randolph representing the Gladbrook Commercial Club delivered the first “Welcome to Gladbrook” basket to Kevin and Donna Case and Kelli, a new family in Gladbrook. Joan Morse and Tom Morse of Plymouth, Wisconsin, announce the ...