By CARLA OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, Oct. 10, 2017 — Hello, October, here I am, ready to celebrate you in all your glory. It’s been a busy time of healing and recovery for me during September and these first two weeks of October, but I’m ready to welcome the world back into my arms. Gently, please.…
IDA GROVE, Iowa, Sept. 26, 2017 — It was “a wonderful, blessed day,” photographer and U.S. Air Force veteran Don Poggensee, says of an Honor Flight that he and about 160 other old soldiers were given to the national monuments on Saturday, Sept. 16. “Like myself, many had never seen the monuments and memorials to those…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER CARROLL, Iowa, August 4, 2017 — Two months and two nights ago, the Storm Lake Whitecaps and the Carroll Merchants faced each other in the opening game of the new Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League right here in front of an overflow crowd of 1,100 fans in historic Merchants Park. Tonight, the same…
By CARLA OFFENBURGER OXFORD, Ohio, July 17, 2017 — Connections with our grandkids are made different ways, aren’t they? Lindsay Offenburger, 10, and I share a love for reading and our connection appears to be books. I’ve been filling her book shelves since before she could read, and she has a great collection in her…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2017 — The “Courthouse 100” committee, which for nearly two years has been planning events celebrating the centennial of the Greene County Courthouse, has had some fun surprises while sifting through the history of the inspiring building in Jefferson. That history, and the continuing operations of county government…