A deck of cards is like the universe; anything is possible. Whether a person shuffles them for fun, builds a pyramid, or plays the best game in the world, fifty-two card pick up, a deck of cards provides fun and entertainment. Growing up without the benefits of a smartphone and its endless ...

Our most fundamental rights as Americans come from the ability to choose our representative form of government. It is up to us, we the people, to defend and maintain these rights. The easiest way to do that is to vote.Thousands of our fellow Iowans fought and died to protect those freedoms. As ...

A deck of cards is like the universe; anything is possible. Whether a person shuffles them for fun, builds a pyramid, or plays the best game in the world, fifty-two card pick up, a deck of cards provides fun and entertainment. Growing up without the benefits of a smartphone and its endless ...

Our most fundamental rights as Americans come from the ability to choose our representative form of government. It is up to us, we the people, to defend and maintain these rights. The easiest way to do that is to vote.Thousands of our fellow Iowans fought and died to protect those freedoms. As ...

My husband and I recently adopted the exciting habit of team grocery shopping - together. We don't go for many items at one time; I think that would be too much for our relationship to bear.Our usual list might contain a handful of entries - milk, eggs, bread, pickles. That's about our limit. ...

Q: Why did you call a congressional hearing to examine ag mergers?A: Recent announcements of mergers and acquisitions among seed and agrochemical companies are raising a lot of eyebrows among Iowa farmers. With a three-year downturn in the farm economy, producers and growers are even more ...

I have a friend who reads clocks. Not reads in the typical sense of noting the time, but reads as in looking to see patterns in the numbers. There is a certain beauty in in discovering order or meaningful sequences and my thoughtful friend finds this in clocks.After she told me about her habit ...

To the Editor:Let me tell you why we are voting for Steve Sodders for State Senate.Thursday, April 7, 2016, will be a day we will never forget. Our daughter, who has a passion for running, learned that she wasn't going to be able to participate at the varsity level in track because she had open ...

Lots of people in this day and age rack up large bills using their credit or debit cards. This is not good for any involved party, and this is why I want to go back in time to use only cash and checks. It would a very interesting and different experience to live in this type of world.For ...

Dear Editor,I am going to vote to re-elect Dennis Kucera for Tama County Sheriff and here are a few reasons why:-He has made it possible for his Deputies to provide training in Tama County Schools and businesses to better prepare their employees to survive in the event of an active shooter.-He ...