Q: What’s in store for the 116th Congress? A: A new year is a good time to take stock of what’s in store for the next 12 months. Like many Iowans, I take time to count my blessings. Representing Iowans in the U.S. Senate is an honor I don’t take for granted. And when the 116th Congress ...
10 YEARS AGO JAN. 15. 2009 Grundy Co. Board of Supervisors are sworn into office. Katie Saak and Brent Schmitz are planning a March wedding. Violet Dettmer, 90, Rochester died Jan. 6. 2009. Ernst Petersen, 91, Reinbeck, died Jan. 9 at Covenant Medical Center. 20 YEARS AGO JAN. 14, 1999 ...
There’s a saying: “Everything’s better with bacon.” And it’s true. Bacon is greasy and crunchy. It’s chewy and salty. It’s delectable and balanced. Bacon is akin to nature’s perfect food. I’d never contemplated the idea of improving bacon. I don’t think many people have. ...
Long-term water quality funding, trade challenges, ongoing economic uncertainty among top Iowa ag issues this year DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today highlighted passage of dedicated, long-term water quality funding, a challenging trade environment and ongoing economic ...
10 YEARS AGO JAN. 8, 2009 Brittany Huntley & Blake Overton were married Sept. 27 in Cedar Falls. Army Pvt. Samuel Bender has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, GA. Howard Pichelmann, 90, Reinbeck, died Jan. 5 at Parkview Manor. Margaret Clapsaddle, 94, died Jan. 1 ...
It was a simple spot on the carpet. Well, if we are being honest it was three spots on the carpet, but who’s counting? They weren’t the only spots you’d spot on my carpet - if you were looking - but they were in a public spot. Obvious to any visitor entering the living room. Sadly, ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! During this season that many of us know as Epiphany we are invited to think about the journey that the Wise Men, the Magi or as some prefer to call them, astrologers journeyed to find the Christ child. Over the years we have been taught that there were three of these persons ...
It was a simple spot on the carpet. Well, if we are being honest it was three spots on the carpet, but who’s counting? They weren’t the only spots you’d spot on my carpet - if you were looking - but they were in a public spot. Obvious to any visitor entering the living room. Sadly, ...
Long-term water quality funding, trade challenges, ongoing economic uncertainty among top Iowa ag issues this year DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today highlighted passage of dedicated, long-term water quality funding, a challenging trade environment and ongoing economic ...
In November 15, 2009, my family (Originally, we came from the Philippines) decided to go to Valley West Mall because they have a good children’s area and a Chinese Cuisine in their food court. It was a good decision because the Mall was set up with big Christmas trees; small go-around train, ...