Tax exemptions provide an incentive to qualifying landowners to preserve their woodlands, but bills introduced in the Iowa ...

I celebrated a funeral for an 83-year-old woman named Marion. A few days before the actual funeral, Marion’s daughter came in to make arrangements. I asked the daughter to tell me ...

America was embroiled in an unpopular war. A presidential election was on the horizon and civil rights were hotly debated. That description could easily fit today or 1968, as ninth-graders at ...

The first stop on Paul Nelson’s hauling route was the Tews farm north of Cosmos, near where Nelson grew up. Many years ago, Nelson’s father, Philip Nelson, sent his milk to a creamery ...

Let’s face it, history can seem a little boring to some. Of course, those people probably never took part in March Madness, which is included in Bill King’s seventh-grade social ...

Fresh off a state consolation championship last year, the Litchfield boys tennis team is hoping to pick up where it left off thanks to a strong core of returning players. “We’ve got a lot of ...

A good leader knows how to be flexible and adapt to change. That’s a lesson students in the Hutchinson Leadership Institute this year have learned first hand. “You did what great ...

Diane Meyer “didn’t feel a thing” as she rolled up her sleeve and received her coronavirus shot in the makeshift “vaccination station” Thursday at Cornerstone Church in Litchfield. In fact, ...

Litchfield’s oldest church has a new pastor. And both Trinity Episcopal Church members and the Rev. Kerri Meyer are ...

Everything was running smoothly for school bus drivers until about March 2020. Since then, the pandemic has brought new duties, regulations, challenges and fears for this key component to any ...

Scott County officials are exploring the use of federal aid dollars to help close gaps in the mental health care system. A behavioral health crisis center, which would provide support and ...

School bus drivers play a vital role in the educational ecosystem, ensuring that students have access to safe and reliable transportation to and from school. But they have been in low supply in ...