Garden Road Superheroes
I actively attempt not to write about my brother in the past tense. At least not too often, mostly for my mother’s sake, but...
A step closer to solving riddle of autoimmune disorders, Dr. Stanley Horner’s work begins
Before Dr. Stanley Horner, D.O., began his service at Wayne County Hospital, he may have already provided a clue to solving the mystery of...
Garden Road Submersion
My wife wants me to find the positive in the time change—not to dwell upon how those without sleep disorders, children, common sense or...
Twenty years after run to State, a teammate assists airman’s return
Amy Carpenter of Allerton—a small town in southern Iowa of less than 1,000 people built around its railway yards—can boast she has served overseas...
Denver Broncos hire Wade Harman
On New Year’s Eve of 2018, the Atlanta Falcons fired offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.
It was just a normal Monday in the NFL, but Wayne...
An Iowa farm boy, Dale Spinler, once took on Chairman Mao and Joseph Stalin
In 1953 on the 38th Parallel in the Taebaek Mountains, Americans and South Koreans stood across from a line of exhausted Chinese soldiers wearing...
Jim Murray continues to spread good news while battling cancer
From Peru to Wayne County, from Turkey to Cedar Falls, Jim Murray has spread the word.
A few years ago, Seymour’s art teacher was diagnosed...
Even within the herd, there will always be rebels that do not fit
Bob ‘Action’ Jackson’s time is no longer split in two. For six months, he would raise bison in Iowa. The other six months, he...
Real life horror of the Great Influenza—and it could happen again
Near the end of World War I, an American soldier from Iowa was placed on burial detail. Yet this young man was nowhere near...
Action Jackson recounts biggest win in lawman’s now legendary career
On Aug. 30 of 2018, United States Senator Charles Grassley visited Corydon, Iowa, population 1,500.
He spoke to students in the high school library, wooden...
