I've been thinking about fruits a lot lately. I don't know why. I guess its something 54-year-olds do when they're not doing sprints with their rehabbed sciatic. But I was at Aldi's the other day …
Thirty-five seconds, Ryan Wilson said, is a long time.It’s a point the Fort Madison High School boys basketball coach stressed to his team with its first experience with the new shot clock that …
The following information was submitted to the letter to the editor information form on www.pencitycurrent.com: first name: kyle last name: mickelson address: 3224 argyle rd city: …
A couple of generations ago, an up-and-coming Arkansas retailer was spreading out across America, and Kenneth Stone was inundated with requests to speak around Iowa and far beyond about the …
It was August,1980. 34-year old Head Nurse Marcia Marshall was working at the Mental Health Institute (MHI) in Mt. Pleasant. She needed to change the dressing on the hands of a patient, …
For the first time in more than 30 years, I didn't make a Thanksgiving turkey. The only smell in my house was the warm aroma of roasted garlic and onion. Adding those to your mashed potatoes …
It won’t be long before empty parking spaces near the Iowa Capitol will be as hard to find as a compromise between Democrats and Republicans.The Legislature returns to Des Moines on Jan. 9, …
The following information was submitted to the letter to the editor information form on www.pencitycurrent.com: first name: Carol last name: Hotop address: 1102 48th Street city: Fort …
I'm 54 years old. There I said it. I'm 6'3" tall, too. My wife insists I'm 6'2" but she lives in Texas now so I don't give a crap. I'm at my high school weight so that's a good thing. But the …
I heard a voice. It was a young female voice coming from, it sounded like, the inside of the wall, or maybe the attic, or guest bedroom. Or maybe even from town. We live a couple of …
I flew to NYC kind of on a whim over the weekend, so this is 2:20 am. version for this week. I'm sitting in my Double Tree hotel in the Financial district getting ready for a Sunday in the city …
Mamie Till came along at the right time in American history. During the 1950s, in an era when many Americans were blind to the grotesque toll of racial hatred, this courageous Illinois mother …
