Self-care means taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and mental health. When it comes to your mental health, self-care can help you manage stress, lower your risk of illness, and increase your energy. Even small acts of self-care in your ...

Like the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, the Clark County Mule Festival turns the city of Kahoka, Missouri into one big garage sale. But Ginnie and I weren’t there for garage “sailing.” We were there to see mules. If you’ve never been to the Mule Festival in Kahoka, you owe it to ...

There’s only a few weeks remaining before the 2024 presidential election comes to a close, that is, pending post-Nov. 5 election certification, recounts, challenges and law suits. Ed Kilgore, political columnist for Intelligencer-New York Magazine since 2015, estimates that only 4-7 percent ...

In 1984’s Tank, James Garner played a principled military retiree who challenged corrupt, small-town potentates. After he sought to meet with the governor and discuss his own son’s judicial railroading, Garner’s character became a national folk hero -- the proverbial little guy against ...

Talk about lousy optics — and I am not referring to out-of-style eyeglasses. Public perception is the topic for today. There were a couple of recent news nuggets that illustrate in different ways an uncomfortable fact of life in Iowa — that too many state and local government officials ...

Iowa’s new law, effective July 1, 2024, aims to tackle chronic absenteeism by supporting students who miss 10% or more of school days. For a 180-day school year, this means missing 18 days or more. In the 2022-23 school year, 22.6% of Iowa students were chronically absent, raising concerns ...