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Q&A: Economic Forecast With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley

Q: What’s leading the U.S. economic momentum now underway? A: By nearly every economic measure, the U.S. economy continues to gain momentum, building on traction from the historic “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law last year. Paychecks are growing and workers are reporting higher ...

Pastor’s Corner Rev. Barb Muhs, pastor, Salem Church of Lincoln Lincoln, Iowa

A few weeks ago I decided that I should go see the movie, “Christopher Robbin”. The movie had been on my list of things to go see this summer. Every time I had the opportunity to see this movie I found something “more adult” to do. With the right price in Gladbrook and the hankering for ...

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 ...

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, ...