Someone once said, “Farming is an addiction!” I believe they’re right. There’s nothing like watching something you planted sprout or feeding an animal and watching it grow! Growing up on a farm early in life, I had chores to do every day. As soon as I got off the school bus, I had ...
The main attraction of the past week and this week in Iowa’s major winter sport, basketball, where most of the interest of local citizens has been and will be focused on the University of Iowa, which finally went down in defeat, though the career of the charging Czechs of Clutier in the ...
As a 6-year-old kid, the farmer’s auction barns fascinated me. There were no dress codes, what you drag in on your boots left with you along with something else, and the smell was unimaginable. But that’s ok! Going to the sale barn wasn’t like going to church. Sitting in the ...
My grocery bills have been a challenge recently, so I’ve tried to be better about planning. Quite honestly, it’s been fun. Well, some of it has been. Because of the economy of grocery shopping, I’ve found the need for stricter strategies and more miserly meals. In this vein, I have three ...
Dear Editor: Iowa Republicans like Brenna Bird blame democrats for illegals in Iowa. It is republicans who have complete control in Iowa, not democrats. It was a republican farmer who hired the illegal that murdered Mollie Tibbetts. When I worked in a meat packing plant that hired ...
Life changes us. Sometimes in increments, like accidentally stepping off the curb. Sometimes in ways akin to falling off a cliff. It’s these cliff-changing moments that transform us in ways we could never have imagined - before. It’s like falling from one world into another - into a life so ...
I lived in perhaps the greatest period of time, the 50s & 60s, besides all the other great things of this era, we also lived and were raised in the period called "Small Town, USA." The small town where there were no upper, middle, or lower classes. All the same. Band Concerts, ...
It's been a busy first month of session and we've gotten a lot of feedback from Iowans. While vouchers have dominated the communications we've received from constituents so far, we've gotten a lot of feedback on other issues like property taxes, medical malpractice, and book bans. If there is ...
For farmers across the country, the first months of a new year mean thinking about planting their next crop. For many, it also means thinking ahead to the deadline to sign up for federal crop insurance. Generally, federal crop insurance refers to a set of programs available for agricultural ...
Years ago, I worked as a counselor in a prison when an inmate I’ll call “Kerry” (not his real name) told me a very shocking…and yes, the sobering story of his life. He and his wife had a high-needs daughter, putting an insurmountable strain on their marriage. Finally, they had it ...