I have seasons of the year when it comes to clothes, seasons that coincide with weather trends. I have sweater season in the winter, shorts and short sleeved shirts in the summer. In between I have shorts and sweatshirt weather. It’s perfect for the in between times of the spring and fall. ...

As sure as colorful leaves and football games, open enrollment season happens each fall. Don’t miss this chance to ensure you have health insurance coverage for 2025. Open enrollment on the federal Marketplace at healthcare.gov runs Nov. 1 through Dec. 15 for first-of-the-year coverage. ...

It’s time for the annual Krzmarzick Farms Post Harvest Update. A lot of readers look forward to that. Well, that’s not true. But here it is anyway. These are thoughts that have been sloshing around in my head. Sometimes those spill out on the keyboard. It’s kind of unsightly. I try to ...

There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake Preston, South Dakota. He and his wife, Mary, live on an acreage in the Lake Whitewood, South ...

It’s almost the eve of Election 2024, and we’ve had a lot of campaign related issues ranging from financing to negative advertisements. Elon Musk really brought campaign finance questions to the forefront with his $75 million donation to the Trump campaign. It was followed by an offer to ...

After a good construction season due in part to late season dry weather conditions, the city of Marshall is closing out most projects, while some have gotten underway. This past summer, the city completed the reconstruction of two parking lots: Addison Parking Lot and the Independence Back ...