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Slices of Life – The introverted Scandinavian

Editorials

My husband and I recently made a happily anticipated purchase of a new summer water toy. We'd been looking forward to it for a long time and I was thrilled. I really was.When we went to pick up our vessel the nice salesman asked me a number of times if I was excited. I answered in the ...

Q&A: Good News for Iowa Beef

Editorials

Q: What's the update regarding China's ban on American beef?A: The door to the world's most-populated country and second-largest economy re-opened this summer to U.S. beef exports, ending a 14-year ban. That's good news for America's cattle producers (and the farmers who grow their feed grain) ...

Q&A: Good News for Iowa Beef

Editorials

Q: What's the update regarding China's ban on American beef?A: The door to the world's most-populated country and second-largest economy re-opened this summer to U.S. beef exports, ending a 14-year ban. That's good news for America's cattle producers (and the farmers who grow their feed grain) ...

Slices of Life – The introverted Scandinavian

Editorials

My husband and I recently made a happily anticipated purchase of a new summer water toy. We'd been looking forward to it for a long time and I was thrilled. I really was.When we went to pick up our vessel the nice salesman asked me a number of times if I was excited. I answered in the ...

The Dengler Domain: Beat the Heat

Editorials

As summer goes on, the temperature outside continues to increase. It is not a fun part of this great state of Iowa. The heat and humidity slowly suffocates everybody's want to go outside. Staying indoors is the best way to avoid this awful heat. This makes air conditioning my best friend. I ...

Knights Wrestling Club Summer Camp July 24-26

Letters to the Editor

The Knights Wrestling Club Summer Camp will be held Monday, July 24 through Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at Union High School, 200 Adams St. in La Porte City.This year's free is $55 and includes a beanie hat! Groups will include K-6 and 7-12, as well as separate actvities for K-2 students.Check-in ...

Meditations: A fond farewell from Rev. Ray E. Atwood

Letters to the Editor

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Mend your ways, encourage one another, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you (2 Cor. 13:11).On July 11, the parishes of St. Paul (Traer), St. Mary (Eagle Center), and Sacred Heart (La Porte) will receive a new pastor, ...

Register now for We Build Champions Football Camp

Letters to the Editor

This camp will focus on building young men into champion football players during a four day mini-camp that will focus on the fundamentals of football coordinated by Union HS Head Football Coach Joe Hadachek and staff. This is a non-pad camp. There is a $50 camp fee which includes instruction ...

Local kids enjoy summer program

Letters to the Editor

Students from D-G Elementary and LaPorte City Elementary enjoy a summer enrichment program at the Dysart-Geneseo Outdoor Learning Center. During the "A Day in the Life of Laura Ingalls" class, students learned about what it was like to go to school during Pioneer Days. Students made homemade ...