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The Boys of Summer 2025

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Parents waited, fans from Mason City waited, grandparents waited. On Thursday, June 12, our MHS Bobcats were supposed to have a doubleheader against Mason City, starting at 5 p.m. Around 4 p.m. we had a sudden rainstorm that came down fast and furious leaving our baseball field soaked and full ...

The Scavenger mentality

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As Los Angeles burst into riots this week over a federal immigration raid, one protester took to his social media channels to explain just what was going on -- why arsonists armed with Palestinian flags stood alongside vandals armed with Palestinian flags, why some masked protesters hurled ...

We have a choice: Weapons and war, or food and health care?

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For weeks, Congress has been wrapped up in passing President Trump’s big, brutal budget — the one that pays for tax cuts for the wealthy and a trillion-dollar Pentagon budget by taking food stamps and Medicaid away from people struggling to get by. The GOP-controlled House of ...

Uncle Virgil

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One of my first memories of Uncle Virgil was when my mother took me to see him and Auntie Florence on their farm between Nevada and Maxwell, Iowa. It was spring and, as we neared, we could see Uncle Virgil cultivating corn in a roadside field. My mother stopped the Buick and let me out. I ...

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Day

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June 15, 2025 is World Elder Abuse Day. Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging joins communities across the world to promote awareness and highlight solutions to this systemic social challenge. As Americans, we believe in justice for all, but we fail to adhere to this value when we allow older ...