Bob McLaughlin, Lake Mills, and his grandson, Owen, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in style, putting on their kilts and tam-o-shanters for the occasion. Owen is the three-month-old son of Curran and Skye McLaughlin, Garner.
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“Let the United States mind its business, form no entangling alliances and collect European debts—principal plus interest.” A candidate for U.S. Congress wasn’t shy about expressing an opinion in May 1926. Nothing unusual about that. However, the candidate was a woman; and that was newsworthy....
Nagasaki
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain
From the port of Sasebo, it is two hours by train across the southernmost of the main Japanese islands to one of History’s most unfortunate cities. Nagasaki, and her sister city of Hiroshima, are synonymous with...
It was about 1:30 in the morning on October 28, 1902, when Prairie City dentist, Dr. S. B. Gidford, woke up in his room across the street from the bank. As he stuck his head out a window, a “loaded 44-caliber Colt” was “presented to his face” by a stranger who told him his life was “worth less than...
Gabe Irons and Hannah Evenson were crowned Homecoming king and queen during half-time of Friday night’s game against Belmond-Klemme. Gabe is the son of Gary and Roxanne Irons and Hannah is the daughter of Brad and Darla Evenson.
