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Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-What people don’t know

Local Columns

We want to show the world our best. This is even more true online with social media where we eagerly post our latest vacation (paid for via credit card) but don’t show the reality that is real. Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t something new. People have always aspired to show their best ...

Looking Back

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30 Years Ago December 15, 1989 Susan Kay DeWitt, daughter of Keith and Lucy DeWitt, Gladbrook, became the bride of Jeffrey Paul Vajgrt, son of Harold and Mary Vajgrt, Marshalltown, on November 25. The newly elected Gladbrook Council members, Allen Eggers, Chuck Earp, and Greg Randolph along ...

Slices of Life By Jill Pertler-What people don’t know

Local Columns

We want to show the world our best. This is even more true online with social media where we eagerly post our latest vacation (paid for via credit card) but don’t show the reality that is real. Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t something new. People have always aspired to show their best ...

Warmest Wishes for your Holiday Season

Letters to the Editor

We'd like to wish you and your family peace and prosperity now and in the year to come. May this holiday be your best one yet and may your home and our community be blessed with all that Christmas brings.The following includes Christmas through the eyes of our children.My Favorite Christmas ...

Letters to Santa

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Dear Santa Claus, I want an LOL doll for Christmas and a toy cat and a toy dog too. I have been good. Love, Jenna Beichley Dear Santa, I have been a good boy all of the time. Please bring match box cars for Tate & I. We will leave cookies and milk for you Santa Claus. We love you ...

BGM overruns Rebels down the stretch

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REINBECK - The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls' basketball team missed out on its first win of the season after falling short against BGM in a 54-49 loss on Monday night.BGM pulled ahead of the Rebels with a fourth-quarter surge."That's a tough one to lose right there," G-R head coach Bruce Bailey ...