Say yes to snow and ice. For our soils, it is vital. Mother Nature decided our present this year should be a real character builder.…
Read MoreBy Joanie Stiers Cattle ‘Cool’ with Colder Weather One of my favorite holiday cards routinely arrives at the turn of the New Year. My friend…
Read MoreIn 1906, at the age of 13, my Grandpa Conrad left Germany aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II and emigrated through Ellis Island on September…
Read MoreDo you feel it? We have made it over the hump. Not a Wednesday, mid-week hump, but the big one –the Winter Solstice. Now, every…
Read MoreDid you know it is 4,230 miles from Manhattan, Illinois, to Honolulu, Hawaii? Did you know that about two people die per year from parasailing…
Read MoreIf you need to get away, just for a minute for the holiday madness, they are waiting for you. Just outside. The birds of winter.…
Read MoreBy Sandy Vasko One of the things that I notice about all the hoopla surrounding the old State Penitentiary on Collins Street is that, it’s…
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