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SHARON CENTER
Imagine sitting down at a school board meeting and glancing over the agenda. At the top is the school’s mission statement: To develop unique, original, imaginative and fertile …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/27/25 08:00 AM
SHARON CENTER
To be recognized as a Gold Star Family is an honor no one desires. To receive such recognition, one must be an immediate family member of a fallen service member who died while …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
When we step inside Middleburg School, I’m hit with a powerful sense of nostalgia. Those desks filling the one-room schoolhouse – I had one of those, my parents procuring it from a …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation gave away over $4.3 million dollars Wednesday night, making dreams come true for area organizations. Not least of those awarded spring grants were …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/22/25 01:58 PM
IOWA CITY
Wisconsin is wonderful. Every Friday you can find a fish fry somewhere, those glorious, battered fish filets with sides of fries, slaw, and rye bread offered everywhere from bars and …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/21/25 08:00 AM
LONE TREE
A December snow has painted the ground surrounding the Iowa River in rural Lone Tree a gorgeous white.
The snow is so new and so untouched on this early winter afternoon that a …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/5/25 02:42 AM
DES MOINES
When dancers from Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie high schools arrived in Des Moines on Dec. 4, their hearts raced with excitement and nerves. They had been preparing for this weekend since …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
For six hours a week, often more, you’ll find 15 high school students working nights and weekends in the basement of a building at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.
They aren’t …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/29/24 08:00 AM
FEDERAL President Donald Trump (55.9%) Kamala Harris (42.7%) U.S. House Iowa District 1 (1 seat) • Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R, incumbent) (3,845) • Christina Bohannan (D) (2,321) STATE …
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11/6/24 10:10 AM
KALONA
When Washington resident Ed Chabel announced he was challenging Dawn Driscoll for the Iowa Senate District 46 seat about a year ago, those who knew him were surprised.
“I’m not a …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/25/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
As an undergraduate studying political science, Anna Banowsky thought running for office might be an interesting thing to do in the future. Now a graduate student at the University of Iowa, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/25/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, which encompasses the cities of Davenport, Iowa City, Burlington, and Indianola, is considered one of the least Republican districts in the state. …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/25/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
For those who have studied animal science, the concept of a ‘keystone species’ is a familiar one. The Oxford dictionary defines it as “a species on which other species in an ecosystem …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/25/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
“Since the beginning of human existence, the ways in which we have gathered have changed, but the reasons we come together have not. We are ultra-social creatures who biologically evolved …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/11/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
When I arrive at his home in rural Kalona, Benjamin Lothamer greets me with a firm handshake. He welcomes me and we head downstairs to his basement laboratory to talk about his latest …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/5/24 08:00 AM
RIVERSIDE
I’m out in rural Riverside, watching a beautiful Doberman puppy run around a field of green grass with what appears to be joy in her heart.
“They’re about the most loyal dog in …
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By Cheryl Allen |
9/20/24 08:00 AM
RURAL JOHNSON COUNTY
The annual Courage Ride has turned into a cyclist’s dream, really.
There are no pace vehicles.
No pushing and pushing and pushing toward a finish line.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/17/24 10:23 PM
KALONA
If you were going to open an auto repair shop in 2024, you might think location, location, location. Establishing your business on a busy road would make it highly visible, and being …
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By Cheryl Allen |
8/16/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
One recent morning, following a night of summer thunderstorms, a Johnson County Sheriff staffer showed up at work only to find the top of her desk covered in water.
Walk down a …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/10/24 01:08 AM
The Lone Tree Flyers enjoyed a clear day with perfect flying conditions for their 3rd annual Fun Fly on Saturday, June 10.
The event attracted RC pilots from as far as Colorado, who …
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Cheryl Allen |
6/14/23 12:24 PM
