Opinion
A Country Girl Visits Maui
My husband and I recently traded the cold Iowa winter for a week in Maui. It was our first time to travel to this beautiful island and I fully intended to make the most of it. On our first full day th...
Letter to the Editor: Writer wonders why elected officials not visiting area
To the Editor:
Have our elected representatives disappeared?
We are growing concerned over apparent lack of visibility of some of our Iowa state and federal representatives.
We are almost two...
Thinking Outside of the Box . . . Literally! -- Learning Country Living
We had a run of bad luck last week. The front burner on our cook top quit working and then the refrigerator started making an awful noise. To be honest, I have hearing loss, so I couldn't hear th...
Too sick to go to the hospital: My bad sense of timing
By Dean Close, Editor
Along with the fact that I am really, really horrible at telling jokes, there is another reason I did not make it as a professional comedian: My timing stinks.
When it come...
Letter to the Editor: Executive orders - travel restrictions
Editor:
Greetings and Salutations to All Patriots:
We are definitely in a dustup over immigration from our Southern Border as well as Muslim dominated Middle East Countries. I am retired so I ha...
Repealing an Iowa law could negatively impact rural Iowans' access to health care
Mike Riege, Administrator, Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics
Iowa has one of the highest quality, lowest cost health care systems in the United States. And at the heart of that system are 118 comm... Super Bowl: Defending the stolen trademark
After deciding 50 years ago to steal the Super Ball name for its championship game, the NFL has fervently gone to court to keep businesses, and even churches, from using the word "Super Bowl."
Per... Letter to the Editor: "Change Lanes to Pass" for Safety on Iowa Roads
Dear Editor,
I am aghast at how many people - both cyclists and non-cyclists - believe that requiring cyclists to operate with bicycle lights will solve the growing number of fatalities on Io...
This is War!! - Learning Country Living
We have moles in the yard. I'm not talking about a couple of moles that are a nuisance; I'm talking a band of brothers who are determined to mine for precious metals. The entire yard is a se...
Green Acres -- Learning Country Living
I have received a lot of comparisons to Green Acres since I started my blog about adapting to country living. For those of you who missed this 1960's sit com, the Green Acres series featured a su...