If the U.S. Postal Service goes ahead and suspends Saturday mail delivery, which last Wednesday they announced they would do come Aug. 12, it is only a matter of time, I believe, until people who now … [Read more...]

My wish, which I stated to members of the Eldridge City Council at their regular meeting on Nov. 19, is that the new city hall stay in the existing downtown and serve as an anchor for future growth … [Read more...]

On Jan. 6, CBS' Morley Safer declared to the world on "60 Minutes" that "Newspapers are dying." The entire segment was about the Katrina-ravaged New Orleans Times-Picayune's decision to publish three … [Read more...]

Most years, we've spent New Year's Eve with a small group of friends playing table games or cards, but this year we had a quiet evening at home flipping channels between football, and the drama that … [Read more...]

Laws are like sausages. Better not to see them made. Sources on the Internet can't agree if the above was said by the 19th century Prussian politican Otto von Bismarck, to whom it has been widely … [Read more...]

Our membership in a group called ISWNE (International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors) gave us a glimpse of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., this week – and a newspaper's role in helping a … [Read more...]

I felt that a clarification was needed when I saw Bennett Mayor Orville Randolph's letter to the editor about his city's library in last week's Tipton Conservative. Now that he has submitted the same … [Read more...]

Can art capture the essence of people and place? If you're Maquoketa artist Rose Frantzen, the answer is yes. This amazing woman lets her brush do the talking, and from now until Jan. 20 her … [Read more...]