If you have a cellphone — and just about everyone does — you’ve probably had to put up with innumerable attempts by scammers trying to steal your money: emails from Nigerian princes offering to …

My mother had a few church cookbooks when I was growing up, and the recipes had been submitted by women who survived the Depression, who perhaps had many mouths to feed, no fancy or exotic …

A recent email from the Iowa attorney general’s office to Greene County assistant attorney Laura Snider is of great concern to Greene County’s attorney Thomas Laehn. That’s because it displays …

During 250 years of America’s existence, whenever a scandal involving a U.S. President occurred, the public was shocked and dismayed. When presidential scandals erupt, faith and trust in America …

As has been noted here before, I don't eat today what we ate every day on the dairy farm of my youth. Back then we worked like plow horses so we ate like plow horses: five times daily with a noon …

Iowans should be a little concerned about some troubling developments that seem to be showing up in a couple of candidates running for a couple of very important offices in our state. Randy …

Nick Larson and a quarter of Iowa farmers get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. When ACA provisions expired at the end of 2025, Larson’s family faced an immediate tax increase …

Iowa’s economy is built on agriculture. What happens at the farm gate ripples through our entire state. When farmers are doing well, Main Street businesses thrive, equipment dealers stay busy, …

While her speech focused on reforming Iowa’s property tax system and the use of new federal health funding, Tuesday night’s condition of the state address culminated with the release of Gov. Kim …

We are back at the Capitol in Des Moines and the 2026 legislative session has officially started. The first week is always busy with speeches from legislative leaders, the governor, the chief justice …

For the ninth time, Gov. Kim Reynolds told us last week the condition of the state is strong. Except we have the worst economy of the 50 states, and personal income growth was 48th last year, …

US Rep. Randy Feenstra and Rep. Ashley Hinson joined ranks with House Republicans to vote against subsidies for health insurance policies offered on the federal exchange. Feenstra is running for …

With the college football championship ready to be settled Monday night, we’ll be rooting for Indiana University against the University of Miami. We have quite a few long-standing connections …

I joined a virtual book club during the Covid-19 lockdown, and it was a lifeline. It was also the first time I’d ever joined a book club. Odd thing for a book lover/word nerd/writer/librarian to …

Truth should be measured by evidence, not by political allegiance. nnCan’t we all agree on that? With that in mind, a useful question for citizens and journalists to ask at times like this is …

Greenland, again? Really? Apparently yes. Donald John Trump, President of the United States, on Jan. 9 vowed to take control of Greenland, an autonomous part of America’s NATO ally Denmark. In …

My hope is that by sharing these stories, we can all get to know our community a little better. I feel thankful to have met so many amazing people in the Storm Lake area who are working hard to build …

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You might be from Storm Lake if... you remember that in the 1970s and 80s with its delicious, creamy, fantastic and incredible taste, Sarg’s ice cream was almost worth dying for. And my …

“Pack” grew up in a small town in Northwest Iowa. He was a well-built young man over six feet tall and very athletic. He was a star football player and the name “Pack” was thrust on him …