Three Winneshiek County groups have come together to create and grow a new kind of community garden in Decorah, Iowa. Master gardeners and other volunteers will work alongside 4-H members and others who want to learn to cultivate their own vegetables and
It was a chilly winter night when I made this dish. I was a little anxious about whether the baseball season would survive, and this is a big year for my St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Adam Wainwright and my favorite current player,
People who were unable to attend and participate in this pilgrimage are invited to watch a video of the event Ed. Note: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing, Iowa, led by its pastor, Rev. Laura Gentry, held a Justice and Peace Stations
Hundreds of people volunteer each year through the Northeast Iowa RSVP 55+ Initiative. Along the way, they may help fill a need in their communities, find meaning and enjoyment, widen their circle of friends and pay forward the benefits of their own
Three Winneshiek County groups have come together to create and grow a new kind of community garden in Decorah, Iowa. Master gardeners and other volunteers will work alongside 4-H members and others who want to learn to cultivate their own vegetables and
When Daniel Wagner joined Kee High’s Innovation Lab class last fall, he needed to develop a business project to work on in the lab—a sort of small-business incubator. He and classmate Damon Weber combined an activity they enjoyed—going to farmers markets—with a
Usually, when we talk about matters of the heart, we may take it to mean the physical chamber itself, with the ventricles, the pumping of the blood, and the overall mechanics of it. But here, we’ll be talking about the non-physical. What
Bon hiver, mes amis. No, I didn’t misspell the pseudonym/band name of Wisconsin musician Justin Vernon. Bon hiver is French for “good winter”, a greeting used by the residents of Cicely, Alaska, in one episode of the television series Northern Exposure. Vernon
Paddlers of all abilities can look forward to a new canoe and kayak launch at the Village Creek boat landing in Lansing next year.
It’s hard not to find an almost literary resonance in the fact that a man for whom purposeful walking has become a passion was, in fact, born in a town called Walker. Destiny or coincidence? That question aside, the facts are that
When Kristie Ringelstetter of Lansing, Iowa, spoke to the Lansing City Council in late September, 2021 about forming an in-town trap-neuter-return (TNR) program for cats, she knew there would probably be some questions and concerns. There was, for example, a concern about
