If you haven't figured it out, today's column is about our great American Pastime, no, not Facebook, BASEBALL. The game where you get to be a kid your entire life. How much fun is that? The 4th of July is over which means the mid-point of summer is behind us, which means that Major League ...
Have you wished you'd done something different? I wish I hadn't crawl down the inside of an outhouse as a kid to retrieve a baseball! (I picked up my bat, glove and fishing pole while I was down there!)Or have you wished someone else hadn't done what they did? I wished my daughter wouldn't ...
Market Report for July 12, 2019It was a warm breezy night for the Toledo Farmers' Market. The crowd was anxiously waiting for the whistle to blow. The tables were full of the following:Kristi brought plenty of pies, kolaches, rolls, rye bread, cookies, bars, rolicky, and twisty. This week there ...
All of the sidewalks, entry ways, curbs and parking area are poured and scored and ready to be used.The landscaping will be next. Just a little bit longer.As a member of the Wieting Theatre Guild I would like to say a big thank you to Kenny Bacon. He saw a problem and helped get it straightened ...
Letter to the Editor:Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Iowa Valley Community College District, WIOA Title I, and IowaWORKS partnered together for the 2019 Limelight Leadership Academy, our third annual program. The week-long event focused on self-employment and entrepreneurship, where ...
Q: How serious is the crisis at the southern border?A: Illegal border crossings are at the highest level in recent history. This fiscal year, immigration officials are on track to apprehend more than one million migrants crossing illegally into the country - more than double the volume of ...
I believe it was around 1965 that about 13 young impressionable 8th graders graduated from St. Joseph's Catholic school in Chelsea. Basically from Kindergarten until 8th grade our class size of 13 remained relatively the same. Then it was time to move on Several went to Belle Plaine and ...
Iowa Farm and Rural Life PollAMES - As the percentage of rented farmland in Iowa continues to grow, farmers are seeing a steady shift in who is responsible for what happens on the land.According to the "2018 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll," (SOC 3090) a publication of Iowa State University ...
The parking, sidewalks, curbsa and entrance to the parking lot of the new addition are poured and scored. The landscaping is yet to be done and then I believe Phase II will be accomplished.Check it out!Don't forget the performance of "Our Town" will be July 11, 12 and 13 at the Wieting. Come ...
Market Report for June 28, 2019Two months of the Toledo Farmers' Market is done. With that being said we have four more months of market. Which means you have time to come on out and make your market purchases.Next week is the Stop Light Festival and the market vendors will be sparse. Some ...