Our relationship began on Nov. 19, 2022, with an email I received that began, “Dear Editor,” followed by an introduction and the attachment of four line-drawn cartoons. The cartoonist was from … more

One of the hazards of working for a newspaper is that other people enjoy community events, and your job is to document that. You, yourself, are not a participant. Sometimes that seems like an … more

Back in the early 1940s kids didn’t need to pay as much attention to wintertime calendar dates as broadly as they are required to today. Seasons, such as fall, winter and spring, were properly … more

This month has been an exciting one for us at The News, as some of us were able to attend the Iowa Newspaper Association’s annual convention in Des Moines on Feb. 8. The convention offers various … more

In the sixth week of our legislative session, we hit our first major milestone of the year, setting the stage for a week filled with intensive subcommittee and committee meetings. Our focus was on … more

V: Value A: All the L: Loving E: Energies N: Needed T: To be I: Invested in N: Newly E: Every S: Special D: Day. A: Again? Y: Yes! Perhaps this is not the … more

Highland held their final Facilities Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24. It was the best-attended meeting of the five that were held. We had 29 people there to finalize a plan to take … more

A key bill I am sponsoring this session is SF 2067. This bill aims to address and reform various aspects of how sexual assault cases are handled, particularly in terms of evidence preservation, … more