JD Vance has a Yale Law degree. Good thing Tim Walz coached football and not debate at Mankato West. Vance was polite and skillful. He was not loathsome as he can be. Walz had to admit that he can be …

To listen to Donald Trump tell it, America is going to hell in a handbasket. The economy is in free fall, Christianity is under siege and the scourge of immigrants is destroying our culture. …

Talk about lousy optics — and I am not referring to out-of-style eyeglasses. Public perception is the topic for today. There were a couple of recent news nuggets that illustrate in …

Whenever I hear an old 60s song on the radio, I smile remembering how I danced to it as a teenage girl in Storm Lake! Being a good dancer was an absolute MUST in the 60s and I was not only a good …

I've lived in Storm Lake for 60 years and have never seen anything like the current lawsuit involving our city and our county. I've had conversations with the mayor, the city …

A late September, 200-mile drive through the sunny center of northern and central Illinois reveals blue sky, yellowing fields, and not one roaring red, green or silver combine gathering in any of the …