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Monthly Archives: September 2015

Storm clouds that make you go “Hmmm…” (and then grab your camera)

IDA GROVE, Iowa, Sept. 4, 2015 — Photographer Don Poggensee looked up outside his home here in northwest Iowa on the morning of August 27, and saw waves of weird looking clouds forming and re-forming over Ida County.  They proved harmless and the storm, if it was one, dropped a nice eight-tenths of an inch of rain.…

September 17, 2015 in Feature Photo.

In her cancer battle, a plan is in place and surgery is now set

By CARLA OFFENBURGER  COOPER, Iowa, Sept. 16, 2015 — Last week I had to come clean and tell folks my cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma, is back, this time in my liver. It has been a whirlwind of a week since we posted my column about it, headlined, “When cancer returns, a survivor must become a…

September 16, 2015 in My View from the Front Porch.

When cancer returns, a survivor must become a warrior, so she is armoring-up for the fight ahead

By CARLA OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, Sept. 8, 2015 — I am pretty good at moving away from, or even ignoring, that which I do not like. For example: I have no problem not finishing a book if I do not like the storyline or the characters. Sometimes this can happen on page 1, sometimes it takes up…

September 11, 2015 in My View from the Front Porch.

Why I am an easy “yes” on school bond votes, like ours here today

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, Sept. 3, 2015 — If my count is correct, I’ve lived in seven different public school districts in my adult life. And as best as I can recall, I’ve always voted “yes” on school bond issues, and my estimate is that I’ve supported a half-dozen of them — from Shenandoah to…

September 4, 2015 in Out in Greene County, Iowa.

Martin O’Malley finally separates himself from the old-fart Democrats

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, August 14, 2015 — I was just trying to bring a little clarity into this race for president, you know?  That’s how I wound up in the crowd in front of the Des Register’s Presidential Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday afternoon, listening to Democratic candidate Martin O’Malley, 52,…

September 3, 2015 in Out in Greene County, Iowa.

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