By CARLA OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, Aug. 5, 2015 — I should be embarrassed that I haven’t written anything for our website since February. But I’m not. I certainly have plenty to say – and plenty that’s happening to write about – but the truth is that I feel like I’m writing all the time at…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 17, 2015 — The 161st Iowa State Fair is underway on the fairgrounds here in the capital city. And with help from about two dozen candidates for the U.S. presidency who are campaigning here, the fair is drawing huge crowds. We Offenburgers attended on Saturday, Aug. 15, in…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Aug. 11, 2015 — Never been another weekend like that around here! The $40 million Wild Rose Casino & Resort, along with its attached neighbor $5 million Cobblestone Hotel & Suites, had grand openings Friday & Saturday, Aug. 7-8. I’ve never seen so many Greene Countians so happy all at once. …