Opinion
Laugh with Kathy: Country Roads of Scotland
Gene has always dreamed of traveling to Scotland and seeing the countryside. So when he retired a year ago, I surprised him with a trip to Scotland. We would spend ten days traveling the country roads...
Laugh with Kathy: The Road to Hana
I think I will stick with my theme of travel stories this week, since we are all sheltering at home and dreaming of our next adventure. Once again, my travel enthusiasm got the better of us.Several ye...
Letter to the Editor: Oops!!
Dear Editor, Oops!!Looks like maybe Trump, Fox News, John, and Dr. Oz may have been wrong. This is what happens when a person actually believes Trump, who is not qualified to make medical pronouncemen...
Don't Spray Lysol on your Food
Dr. Nafissa Cisse Egbounye, the Blackhawk County Public Health Director as part of the news conference on Thursday answered several questions about the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus at Tyson's plant ...
Letter to the Editor: Theory on Trump
Dear Editor, Today I received this piece online. I grew up in Vinton but no longer live in the area I don’t really want to add more ire, but I read your paper online and the editorial opinion ...
Laugh with Kathy: Hold the Line
While international travel seems like just a vague memory now that we are in our second month of self isolation due to Covid-19, I know that we will be packing our bags and heading out to explore the ...
To the Class of 2020
To the Class of 2020:God, this has to suck; it just has to. I’ll never forget when we studied Roman numerals in elementary school and figured out what our class year was in those (MCMLCXXV…lo...
Laugh with Kathy: Mamma Said
Mamma Said:As a child, my mother told us that we could do anything we wanted to do if we made up our mind and tried hard enough. I have believed that my entire life until recently. It turn...
Letter to the Editor: Wake up
Dear Editor, So, here's the deal. There are 3,155,070 people who live in Iowa. Fifty-three of them have succumbed to the China Virus and that is very unfortunate. My condolences to their families...
Letter to the Editor: What else is there?
To all of you. What if it works on 90% or more on death's door? What will you say? A Michigan State Rep. Karen Whitsett of Detroit with death as the last stop was able to get a ...