Gasping for breath and tethered to an oxygen tank 18 hours a day, there were moments during the last two months while waiting for a lung transplant that Scott Scott felt he wasn’t going to make it.
News
Helping Services for Youth and Families, formerly known as Helping Services for NE Iowa, will celebrate 50 years this spring. The Decorah-based nonprofit provides support to residents of Allamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties. Originally the …
Throughout the discussion surrounding the renovation of Shelly Park, there was always one big uncertainty — what was to be done with the iconic gazebo.
It is said that “the true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
Manchester City workers began demolition work at Shelly Park last week. Workers removed retaining walls and light poles ahead of the park renovation this spring.
Sports
From left, Hayden Lyness, Kennedy Klostermann and Maddux Lott take time for a photo at the WaMaC Senior Shootout at Benton Community, March 23. Klostermann was on the Wapsi team, which lost to the Cedar team, 55-47. Lyness and Lott were on the Wapsi team, which defeated the Cedar team, 91-68…
Erin Knipper won the shot put to lead Maquoketa Valley at the Tri-Rivers Conference Indoor Track and Field Meet, at the University of Dubuque, March 24.
Maquoketa Valley is ready to head outdoors for the 2023 track and field season after a solid performance in the Tri-Rivers Conference Indoor Championship Meet, at the University of Dubuque, March 24, as the Wildcats scored in eight events.
Ian Miller set a school indoor record in the 200-meter dash as the Edgewood-Colesburg boys’ track team opened its season at the Tri-Rivers Conference indoor meet March 24 at the University of Dubuque.
Obituaries
Berdina Maxine Carradus, 96, of Manchester, passed away Saturd…
Rosemary Viola Pasker, 97, of Manchester, passed away Thursday…
Larry Eugene Haynes, of Manchester, passed away Friday, March …
Merlin ‘Mert’ Laverne Jasper, 98, of Manchester, passed away F…
Maynard Lewis Beitz, 82, of Fort Collins, Colo. passed away Ma…
Opinion
I’ll admit to being a bit more sedentary than I would have liked this winter. But spring is here (at least on the calendar), and I have already been more active the past week than I was the past month.
GUEST OPINION: A dangerous consequence of public-notice bill: Iowans won't know what they don't know
What separates average-to-good Iowa towns from thriving ones, former Governor Terry Branstad often said, is the presence of locally owned banks and a dedicated community newspaper.
I spent last week trying to be useful.
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