An alternative awaits CC baseball
This weekend, I walked the outfield of Nashua-Plainfield High School’s home baseball diamond. It was a little rutted here and there, which makes for...
22 June 2016
An alternative awaits CC baseball
This weekend, I walked the outfield of Nashua-Plainfield High School’s home baseball diamond. It was a little rutted here and there, which makes for...
21 June 2016
Unfiltered political press releases: Grassley, Ernst, Judge and Weaver
These are unedited bodies of news releases sent by politicians representing our area or candidates for those offices. Monday, June 20 From Sen. ...
20 June 2016
Iowans heed the call for pollinator habitat development
By John Whitaker, State Executive Director, Iowa Farm Service Agency In 2016, the Iowa Farm Service Agency (FSA), worked with Iowa farmers and land...
15 June 2016
Post-shooting politics put party above country
Post-shooting politics put party above country By Chris Baldus | Managing Editor Much about the politics of the Orlando shooting is maddening,...
Lessons taught by my Father
Lessons taught by my Father This is the week each year when we celebrate Father’s Day so, obviously, my Father is on my mind. He has been gone ...
Losing on battlefield, Islamic State takes victories where it can find them
Losing on battlefield, Islamic State takes victories where it can find them It took just a few hours for the Islamic State group’s opportunisti...
03 June 2016
Paul Simon: Still adventurous after all these years
Paul Simon: Still adventurous after all these years Look at the liner notes on Paul Simon’s new disc, “Stranger to Stranger,” and it seems ...
02 June 2016
Losing the middle school competition pool is devastating
Amelia Rottinghaus Guest Column Losing the middle school competition pool is devastating I have been swimming since I was 4 years old, and ...
Letters to the editor: Accidental death and bullying
Letters to the editor Reflecting on an 18-year-old’s death To the residents and County Supervisors of Chickasaw County, I am no longer a young man...
17 May 2016
May is School Board appreciation month
May is School Board appreciation month May has been designated as “School Board Recognition Month” by the Iowa Association of School Boards....
