There was a time in human history when all we knew was what we learned, by listening to stories. This past Memorial Sunday, our pastor emphasized the importance of telling stories. Not only the Bible's story about the Kingdom of God, found in Matthew 28, but our own personal story. It appears ...

So, I will preface to say that I myself, have many views that could be considered by some to be, questionable, argumentative, leaning one way, or another. Or that my opinions may not matter because of mistakes I made, and so on. By saying this I mean that we all know someone that is offended by ...

We are looking forward to the 4th of July Fun Run which will be held at 13th Street and the Iowa Veterans Home. The event is free and will start promptly at 8 a.m. We encourage all ages as there will be two routes for participants to choose from, a short run as well as a 5K. Join the event, ...

In Friday, June 12's TR The Capital Dispatch reports that Trump says Lahn of Kansas is “much more Trump” than Feenstra. I have read a fair few of “Randy’s Roundups.” Not because I want to follow him, but because I wanted to campaign against him for the way he’s mismanaged Iowa’s ...

Being a longtime friend of Mark Rohde, and being a Bible teacher and pastor for 4 decades, I was saddened to see how a local pastor chose to respond to Mr. Rohde’s “Bible Truth or Tradition” articles. In undergraduate work, I took a class in Logic where I learned about “Ad hominem”, ...

With the nice weather there are more users on the city bike paths. Everyone needs to remember that these are used by walkers, joggers and bicyclists. Bicyclists and electric devices need to remember to announce themselves as they approach slower traffic from behind. Blasting by at speed is not ...