30 yrs. ago March 16, 1990 Monday evening the Garwin Fire Department responded to a house fire just a mile east of Garwin at the Brett & Andrea Warren residence. The fire evidently started in faulty wiring and was difficult to reach. There was heavy smoke which made approach to the ...
Anxiety is the enemy of a peaceful life. People go to great lengths to get rid of stress; travel ads promise that vacations will sweep you away from it; gums offer to help you sweat it out; and popular magazines suggest ways to lessen it by adjusting schedules or habits. The problem is, no one ...
It happened again last week. We had to reset our clocks because of Daylight Saving Time (DST). I’m not sure if we are saving daylight now or if we were week before last. (I just checked. We are in the saving mode. Glad I figured that one out.) Really though – and I’m trying not to sound ...
With an eye on holding the tax levy rate the same, the Tama County Board of Supervisors set the maximum property tax levy at $4.81 per $1,000 property valuation on Monday, March 9. The action came following a public hearing at which no comments were heard and no written objections or favoring ...
Dear ReadersUnion Grove State Park along with its counterparts all over the state, will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Iowa's lakes and state parks this year.Union Grove Lake was the brainchild of a group of individuals who in 1936 formed Union Grove Lake Park and ...
Pastor Gideon & Jhona Lyn Gallo arrived in the United States on January 23, 2008 obtaining an I-94 immigration permit when Pastor Gideon became the pastor of a church in Iowa. In 2009, they renewed their I-94 permit & applied for an I-360 permit which when approved, would allow them ...
How is this for March coming in like a lamb – 61 degrees on March 1st. It has been a long time since I wrote a letter so I have to get caught up on a few things. First off I want to wish a Happy Birthday to Marian Schultz on her 100th birthday a few weeks back. She is still living alone ...
Founded in 1919 the American Legion Auxiliary has nearly 1 million members from all walks of life, to claim itself as the world's largest women's patriotic service organization. It promotes hundreds of volunteer programs, gives tens of thousands of hours to its communities and to veterans, ...
It’s the American dream: A home, job, spouse, two-car garage, dog, cat and 2.5 kids. Or maybe not. Millennials, it seems, want it all – except for maybe the kids. If you don’t believe me, do the Google. There are at least a dozen articles online that tout the reasons – some brutally ...
On Thursday, March 19 at 10:50 p.m. spring officially begins for us in the northern hemisphere. Hooray! To be honest, I would have to say that overall this winter has been fairly mild with only a few weeks of really cold weather so far, nevertheless, Unfortunately, in spite of the mostly mild ...