Iowa CCI needs support
At Iowa CCI, we are concerned for our community members who have lived without essential services for years under our privatized Medicaid sy…
Industrial wind turbines hurt rural economic development
Iowa is an agricultural state that produces corn, beans, and livestock, and we feed the world. Our agricultural productivity is the engine o…
Cleaning matters
Wash your hands, cover your cough, stay home if you can. Cleaning your doorknobs and light switches could literally save your live or the li…
Remember the Spanish Flu of 1918
During these troubled uncertain times the Creston News Advertiser continues to serve as a beacon of reassurance with timely information to t…
Four wooden legs
In 1898, my Great-Great-Grandfather Michael Aloysius Sheehan, a small but tough Irishman known for boxing and raising horses, brought a beau…
'A life well lived'
Have you ever had a wonderful time at a funeral? I did recently when I attended a service for Lloyd …
From the CEO: How we're serving communities in time of crisis
To our valued readers:The spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has quickly developed into one of the mos…
CASA volunteers needed
The Court Appointed Special Advocate program seeks to expand into Union County and needs volunteers to give children in foster care a voice.
A conversation with 'Billy the ballplayer'
Last Thursday at about 3 p.m., I had just left the high school after picking up something I needed from the school office. I was driving sou…
Sunshine Week: It’s always your right to know
The media is most definitely not your enemy. Far from being the enemy of the people, day in and day …
Twitter or Facebook?
Twitter is full of treasures, topics, time and talent, plus tantalizing and tasteful tauntings; people watch and wonder, waver, whine, weep …
