By CHUCK OFFENBURGER ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 10, 2019 — Here is a photo re-cap of my wife Carla Offenburger, her sister Chris Woods and I finishing in the May 5 “Brave Like Gabe” 5K Run-Walk in beautiful Como Park here. The second-annual event was organized by and named for Gabriele Grunewald, 32, of St.…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, April 22, 2019 — The Lenten season just completed is probably the most spiritual period in my whole life.  In my later adult years as a “cradle Catholic,” I’ve not been one to “give up something” for Lent.  Rather, I always tried to “do something more,”  like, oh, saying the…

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, May 13, 2019 — There is good news to report as the Raccoon River Valley Trail and other recreational trails in our area of west central Iowa get another trail season opened. And the news includes some re-construction plans now being made for the 67 feet of the RRVT bridge…