As we near the November elections, much of the political conversation will focus on the economy, education, taxes and other issues affecting our families and communities. I would like you to consider one more question: What can we do to ensure quality health care remains available close to ...
When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers. With all of the enormous changes in this country and media since 1776, it’s noteworthy that more than 5,000 newspapers are still informing ...
As founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart, her business story “has no parallel,” said the legendary Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha. She was born in 1893 in present-day Belarus and journeyed to the United States in 1917, first to Seattle and then to Fort Dodge and then to Omaha where in ...
The Iowa Supreme Court typically opens its rulings on the state’s public-records and open-meetings laws by reciting that the cases start with a “presumption of openness.” But a new study of the court’s open-government decisions finds the presumption now wins only about half the ...
Your heart works around the clock, never taking a single second off. It powers life’s biggest milestones — from family celebrations and sporting events to the simple, everyday moments that matter most. Every beat keeps you moving, making heart health one of the most important investments ...
“Baseball, like life, can throw you a lot of curve balls,” Marty Patterson once observed of the sport he played from dawn to dusk growing up in Fort Dodge and continued to love through his 81 years of life. One of life’s “curve balls” for Patterson came in the form of ...
