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Our relationship began on Nov. 19, 2022, with an email I received that began, “Dear Editor,” followed by an introduction and the attachment of four line-drawn cartoons. The cartoonist was from …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/19/24 08:00 AM
One of the hazards of working for a newspaper is that other people enjoy community events, and your job is to document that. You, yourself, are not a participant. Sometimes that seems like an …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/28/24 08:00 AM
Back in the early 1940s kids didn’t need to pay as much attention to wintertime calendar dates as broadly as they are required to today. Seasons, such as fall, winter and spring, were properly …
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By Lois Eckhardt |
2/28/24 08:00 AM
This month has been an exciting one for us at The News, as some of us were able to attend the Iowa Newspaper Association’s annual convention in Des Moines on Feb. 8. The convention offers various …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/21/24 08:00 AM
In the sixth week of our legislative session, we hit our first major milestone of the year, setting the stage for a week filled with intensive subcommittee and committee meetings. Our focus was on …
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By Sen. Dawn Driscoll |
2/21/24 08:00 AM
V: Value
A: All the
L: Loving
E: Energies
N: Needed
T: To be
I: Invested in
N: Newly
E: Every
S: Special
D: Day.
A: Again?
Y: Yes!
Perhaps this is not the …
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By Lois Ekhardt |
2/14/24 08:00 AM
Highland held their final Facilities Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24. It was the best-attended meeting of the five that were held. We had 29 people there to finalize a plan to take …
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By Superintendent Ken Crawford |
2/7/24 08:00 AM
A key bill I am sponsoring this session is SF 2067. This bill aims to address and reform various aspects of how sexual assault cases are handled, particularly in terms of evidence preservation, …
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Sen. Dawn Driscoll |
1/31/24 08:00 AM
Now that a fat layer of snow has blanketed our world, it’s safe to say winter is here. But for people who love getting their hands in the dirt, the seed catalogs are out, and plans for spring …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/24 08:00 AM
The gavel has fallen, and the 2024 session of the 90th General Assembly has begun. This week has been filled with exciting results and projections for Iowa, including testaments from Governor …
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By Senator Dawn Driscoll |
1/7/24 08:00 AM
Jan. 4: National Spaghetti Day Historians aren’t exactly sure about pasta’s origins: it may have originated in Italy, but also perhaps China. The first pasta dish is thought to date back …
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1/3/24 08:00 AM
I’m a “Never look back, darling,” sort of girl, so reviewing the past year goes against my nature. But during the last week of 2023, that is what I did, going through a year’s …
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by Cheryl Allen |
1/3/24 08:00 AM
The four weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break are probably the busiest weeks of the year. It seems like a long four weeks but then it goes by in a blur. Winter athletics start up in full game …
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By Ken Crawford |
1/3/24 08:00 AM
On Friday, Dec. 22 our publisher, Ron Slechta , returned to the office. It was a short visit, but there were smiles all around as we were happy to see him “home,” as our reporter TJ …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/27/23 08:00 AM
As more and more people seem to be walking these days, it has been brought to my attention that motorists really appreciate those walkers who walk in the streets of Kalona who are wearing light …
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By Ron Slechta |
11/8/23 08:00 AM
What is great about a small school in Iowa?
Highland’s choir director, Jennifer McClenahan, and band director, Andrew McDonald, put on the Disney musical, Newsies, Jr, in Highland’s high …
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By Ken Crawford, Highland Superintendent |
11/8/23 08:00 AM
