When you have children living with you, ordinary household items become extraordinary. Only kids have the huge imagination that can make this transformation possible.For example, an ordinary paper plate has seen more uses than a bottle of Lysol in a loony bin. It's a receptacle for wayward ...

BySenCharlesGrassleyQ & A: Community Delegation VisitsQ: What is a community delegation visit to Washington?A: This year, over 17 community delegationswill travel from Iowa to Washington, DC to promote economic development and other initiatives to improve their home communities. The ...

BySen. Charles GrassleyGrassley Q & A: Senate Agriculture CommitteeQ: What is the Senate Agriculture Committee?A: The United States Senate divides its work into committees with the Senate Agriculture Committee handling legislation on the federal government's agricultural programs ...

Title: An Adventurous LifeI recently was privy to an essay written by a single twenty-something guy who opined that people who have children in their twenties are insane and that there is time enough, after you had some fun, to have babies when you're too old to do anything else; like in your ...

ByState Representative DawnPettengillHave you ever heard the phrase "A man is only as good as the woman behind him."? That holds true for the men behind the women, the staff behind the politicians and in this case, the staff behind our Governor.. Every politician works with their aides to ...

By Muhammad Pathan, MD, Covenant Clinic DysartYou can't see it or smell it, but if you are exposed to high levels of it you could die in minutes. I'm talking about "Carbon Monoxide" or (CO). According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency carbon monoxide is produced whenever ...

By Laura SnyderFor Central Iowa PressI went into a Dairy Queen yesterday. There were two girls behind the counter and two sitting in a booth. Every one of them had their communication devices out and was thumbing - in messages at the speed of light. They each had a companion with them to ...

By US Rep. Leonard BoswellImportant Information on the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement ActWeek of Feb. 8thOver the past several weeks, thrift and consignment store owners in Iowa's Third District have contacted me to express concern over the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of ...

BySen. Charles GrassleyGrassley Q & A: President's DayQ: Why do we celebrate President's Day?A: We celebrate President's Day to honor and remember the achievements of two of our greatest American presidents, President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln. Both presidents had ...

By Rep. DawnPettengillWeek 4 has been full of good weather and committee work.Some of the highlights of the week are in the presentations. We heard from the Superintendent of Banking about the status of our banks and the subprime mess. The Director of Rebuild Iowa reported on their budget, ...