By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, March 26, 2023 – From the time 18 months ago when I agreed to take a leadership role in the Greene County economic development group’s bold initiative to diversify and grow our workforce and population, I’ve been clear and open about what I think my role is. As chairperson of…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 18, 2023 – There are some of us old-timers who thought we’d seen girls’ sports – and maybe even women’s sports – get about as big as they were going to get back in the late 1960s and 1970s. That’s when the Iowa high school girls’ state basketball…
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER JEFFERSON, Iowa, March 8, 2023 – We thought we were doing all the right things in trying to help the Juarez family find food, a home, jobs and to start settling-in here. Then they left. No phone call, no text, no email, no written note. And there’s been no contact from them…
By MARY RICHE DES MOINES, Iowa, March 1, 2023 — I don’t have family dishes or silverware that were passed on to me by my parents. I was given a stack of sheet music, mostly hymns for the piano, because my parents Verda and Frank Riche witnessed music pouring out of me from the time…
By MARY RICHE DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 4, 2023 — I’m happy that the seasons change in this state, and I have spring fever. It’s that time of the year. I’m full of anticipation, even excited. I was thinking about that on a recent sunny morning, but still a cold morning, and here’s what came…