Obituaries

CEDAR RAPIDS ? High school students are being encouraged to apply to be legislative pages during the 2018 session of the Iowa Legislature.Each year the Iowa General Assembly employs Iowa high school juniors and seniors to serve as pages during the legislative session that runs from early January to late spring.Their duties vary, but they generally provide assistance to legislators and legislative staff. Tasks ...

J.J. Nichting Company in Pilot Grove has officially partnered with TruAcre Technology in Muscatine to provide their customers with industry leading support for precision farming needs.Founded in 2014, TruAcre Technology has quickly become Eastern Iowa?s leading supplier and service provider for multiple brands of precision farming equipment.?Partnering with a dealership that is as well-respected as Nichting is ...

The Lewelling Quaker Museum in Salem will be open this weekend for tours Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m.

Isn?t it amazing that the moon is exactly the right size and exactly the right distance from the earth to completely block out the light from the sun? Is this happenstance? I thinks not. I think there is an order and power in the universe far beyond man?s ability to comprehend and understand while living.The day before this solar event, a pastor friend put out an ?E-Clips? message advising us to place no ...

NORTH LIBERTY ? Highway 965, North Liberty?s most-traveled thoroughfare, has officially been renamed Ranshaw Way within city limits.City officials, residents and members of the Ranshaw family earlier this month unveiled one of the street signs planned for installation along the highway.The name pays homage to the Ranshaw House, one of the community?s oldest buildings, located near the highway at 515 W. Penn ...

NAIROBI - Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Monday, as the world?s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda, and Italy.Many bags drift into the ...

West Burlington ? A support program for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept, 1, at Great River Hospice House, 1306 S. Washington Road, West Burlington.?First Friday Share? will include a short presentation followed by visiting and sharing with others. The class will be co-led by Chris Oleson, Great River Hospice director, and Barbara Miller, social worker. ...

The first article I ever wrote was about running a flower shop the week before Valentine?s Day. I was 14-years-old and didn?t even have my learner?s permit yet. My mother drove me to the interview during my school lunch hour on a weekday afternoon. Afterward, we ate quesadillas at Taco John?s.That was my first experience in telling someone else?s story. There was something beautifully human about it. That I was ...

Mt. Pleasant Community High School has announced that the 2017 yearbooks have arrived. All graduate yearbooks can be picked up in the high school office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting this Friday, Aug. 25. Copies of the 2017 edition of ?The Target? can be purchased at this time for $52.The 2018 Target Yearbook is now on sale for $49. The price will increase after Sept. 15. Orders can be placed at jostensyearbooks...

West Burlington ? Great River Health Systems purchased Hometown Medical Care, a primary-care clinic in West Point. On Oct. 1, the clinic will become Great River Physicians and Clinics, West Point.Located at 706 Avenue C, Suite A, the clinic is one of several units in the West Point building. Great River Health Systems will continue leasing the space from the building?s owners.In 2010, advanced registered nurse ...