Calhoun Elementary School will expand

Following a public hearing Tuesday, the Fort Calhoun School Board approved a resolution to spend $2 million in grant funding to expand and renovate the elementary school building. The project will include the addition of at least four classrooms, two bathrooms, and extensive remodeling to equip lower-level classrooms with walls and doors. Friday, August 27, 2010

Cosmetic surgery: How do you know if it's an option?

Everybody hates something about their appearance. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

College graduation took 33 years

The approach of spring means the end of a school year, and among various activities and functions, graduation. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Westmar College closing: 'We have done the best we could'

If you went looking for the prototypical pleasant Midwest town, this northwest Iowa community of 9,500 would be high on the list. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Walmart permit nearly ready, city officials say

The city of Blair should be ready this week to issue a building permit for the new Walmart, as soon as the world's largest retailer selects a contractor and pays the permit fee. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Going on tour (and making money!)

As an alumnus of Dana College and at the invitation to write of memories of Dana, I submit the following account of an interesting and unrepeatable event: Thursday, September 02, 2010

Pool bond on Arlo ballot

Arlington voters will have the opportunity to give their thumbs up - or thumbs down - on a pool improvement bond this November. Thursday, September 02, 2010

Wal-Mart unveils plans for Supercenter in Blair

Walmart this week released an artist's rendering of what its planned store in Blair will look like. Thursday, September 02, 2010

Flooded farmers will get no help from feds or from state

Fort Calhoun area farmers who had their fields flooded by waters from the Missouri River won't get relief from federal or state emergency management agencies. Thursday, September 02, 2010