Opinion
Letter to the Editor: T'aint funny no more
Dear Editor;Where has the humor gone?My goodness, it seems forever that I’ve heard a funny story; told by a real storyteller to boot. When you get a goodie to pass on, one discovers just one-h...
Around the town
There are times that I look at the things our little town has created. I don't even notice them sometimes because I'm just used to seeing them. We are used to our awesome play areas for our kids,...
Letter to the Editor: Robert Kennedy Jr.
Dear Editor:Another Podcast from KXEL Jacobson. Runs on KXEL Saturday mornings a 7;30 AM and repeats on Sunday afternoonhttps://kxel.com/jacobsen/Go to the 7:09 Mark or thereabout...
KS newspaper raid draws plenty of attention, but journalists defy threats
By CLAY WIRESTONE ǀ KANSAS REFLECTORAfter Kansas Reflector reported on the ignominious and unconstitutional raid of the Marion County Record on Aug. 11, news outlets and commentators f...
Scammers are out again
I had a note from a "friend" asking if I used Amazon. Having just placed an Amazon order I thought it was referring to something else. So I said, "Yep." I thought this was odd because I never tal...
Letter to the Editor: Hyperbaric O2 chamber for COVID?
Editor: https://kxel.com/jacobsen/ --- Go to 41:30 mark or thereabouts and listen to the discussion concerning hyperbaric chambers for treatment.Above is a link to Saturday's broadcast on ...
When the 2nd Cousin One Time Removed and the Third Cousin and I get together
While I love genealogy, I don't understand the whole, 5th cousin 20 times removed thing. All I know is that somewhere in those family trees, we're all related. I've often wished that in Vinton we coul...
Letter to the Editor: Trump brought it on himself
To The Editor,I have bit my tongue over the last couple of years when a group of so-called no-it-all’s have opined about those bad, bad Democrats and President Biden being the so...
Watching from the sidelines
This job is sometimes weird. Only because of the range of emotions that you go through in a single day. Most days begin with cracking open the laptop to see what needs to be put on the website. T...
When it feels like You matter...every 4 years
On Saturday, Governor Ron DeSantis one of the many Republican presidential candidates, made his way to the metropolis of Vinton for a meet-and-greet type stop. Arriving in the campaign bus, escorted b...