It’s always fun to pay attention to the annual White House Turkey Pardon. This year the two turkeys came from Iowa - and they will return to Iowa, following the ceremonies. When the two turkeys arrived in Washington, D.C. for the White House Turkey Pardon, they were guests in a suite at the ...
With Thanksgiving later this week, I am taking this opportunity to reprint a message from Palo Alto County Public Health regarding holiday planning and gathering during the ongoing pandemic. Careful planning this holiday season can help lessen your risk for contracting and spreading ...
Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather and give thanks. Sadly, this year will be a little different, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While we want to gather together, we are smart enough to know there must be limitations. From the Centers for Disease Control, to the Iowa Department of ...
A wetland is a natural formation that provides habitat for wildlife and fish, bird nesting, is good for groundwater, is home to beneficial plants that act as nitrate filters near lake water and reduces flooding. Wetlands are more commonly known as marshes, ponds, swamps, deltas, lagoons, bogs ...
An article came across my screen titled “Healthy Homemade Sweets” and I thought that might be interesting for pre-holiday bakers. Then my brain wondered if “healthy-sweets” is an oxymoron. Looking up the word and its definition yielded lots of information: • Oxymoron - a figure of ...
November is National Diabetes Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention to diabetes. This year’s focus is on taking care of youth who have diabetes. I was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes a couple of years out of high school. At that point in my life my ...
by Katie Lange Veterans Day is a well-known American holiday, but there are also a few misconceptions about it — like how it’s spelled or whom exactly it celebrates. To clear some of that up, here are the important facts you should know. Veterans Day does NOT have an apostrophe. A lot ...
November is underway and the thought of making it to the penultimate month of the year just eight short months ago seemed like a fantasy. With the COVID outbreak and the onslaught of terrible that came with it, it was hard to see an end to 2020. But that end is just around the corner, and the ...
To the editor: Our community, our state, and farmers across Iowa realized the importance of finding new ways to add value to our corps. It is part of what led to the development of the biofuels industry in our state, creating jobs in Emmetsburg and all over Iowa, and improving farm income. In ...
Letter to editor: I couldn't have been more proud after watching the debate between J.D. Scholten and Randy Feenstra. So impressed that we have two such intelligent, respectful people from our district running for Congress! My only regret is that I can't vote to send them both there. If ...