Tuesday night was pretty uneventful, at least that’s how it started. I finished some meetings and work, but still had piles of homework and a bit of work for my actual job. I was walking back across campus to my dorm on the far side of everything (I’m convinced I live the farthest from ...
Dear Veteran, I would like to use this space here to say "Thank You" for being one of the selfless few Americans that has been willing to offer your life on my behalf. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for... Going into harm's way for me, so I can enjoy a peaceful evening with my ...
The projected rapid increase in electrical energy needs, particularly for massive new data centers, could derail our efforts to combat climate change unless ways are found to greatly increase the production of clean energy. Nuclear energy could help fill that need with the development of small ...
When I started college as a music education major, I knew there would be field experiences in schools around a 45 to 50-mile radius of Wartburg. Secretly, I had one dream assignment in mind: Oelwein High School. So when the email came through assigning me to Oelwein, I’ll admit I cracked a ...
October has come to an end and most of the crops in the area have been harvested. My family was able to finish harvest early with crops being dry and the weather cooperating, which left us time to visit a pumpkin farm, carve pumpkins, and get some outside work done. I hope everyone had a great ...
From my very first week at the paper, my partner in crime has been Mike. I still remember when he posted on Facebook that we were the Woodward and Bernstein of the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. While that might be a stretch, I’ll admit our partnership has led to some great stories—both the ...
It started as a stupid task, a bit of fun, something to do with my buddy. Somewhere along the way, under the cover of darkness, this stupid task morphed into a three-hour voyage of two jolly, puerile nitwits. I don’t know what else I expected. And like most of my tales, this story deserves to ...
I’m writing this on a Wednesday morning, staring out my dorm window and counting down the hours until I can pack up and head home. I love Wartburg, but there’s something about being boxed in by campus walls that makes you crave the open roads and familiar places of Tama County. Fall break ...
You might be surprised to know that I, (yes, even moi), makes a mistake every now and then. Maybe, perhaps once or twice a year, if that but when I do, oh boy, that mistake is a whopper. Several weeks ago, Deb and I went through the back roads around Dubuque and we visited a Monastery way ...
In my capacity as a reporter for this paper, I end up in some weird places. Places that I never thought I’d be. Huston Danker’s sentencing was one of those places. This was a couple of weeks back by now. The kid, Jonathan Meyer, the other reporter, was coming into town to cover the ...