I knew it was going to rain. I looked up the weather before I headed out, and there was a 94% chance of rain at 7:00. That was precisely the hour I planned to walk home.
“It’s going to rain,” I told my husband, Peter.
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Bloodthirsty Adventuress or Modest Woman?
What was the truth about Gunda Martindale? Was she a “blood-thirsty adventuress” or a “modest, unassuming” woman?
Late in December 1921 in the basement of a one-room schoolhouse in Allamakee County a 23-year-old teacher was found dead. She was Inga...
A sure sign that spring has finally arrived in addition to the warmer temperatures, is the emergence of flowers around many neighborhoods, such as these daffodils.
Between the snow melt, and the spring rains, the Winnebago River is currently flowing well, as evidenced by this mini-rapids near Lande Wildlife area west of Lake Mills.
When William Howard Taft was sworn in as president of the United States in March 1909 the parade was cancelled because of a snow storm. However, the inaugural ball was held, and a young Iowa woman was among the attendees.
Flora Wilson wore a Paris creation of “pale blue velvet embroidered with...
Don’t wait until the first big holiday of the season to get out and enjoy an Iowa State Park. There are some really cool things to see and do happening right now, before the end of April! Here are five to inspire a trip outdoors, sooner rather than later.
The redbuds are on their way to a peak...
A Monday morning sunrise comes up over Wood Dock March west of Lake Mills.
The Lake Mills Community Preschool and Daycare held their first annual Father Daughter fundraising dance on Saturday at Rice Lake Country Club, with a full house in attendance.
Above: LMCS Superintendent Chad Kohagen and his daughter,Scout, share a laugh as they tore up the dance floor.
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BY CAROL HEGEL LANG
LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC
Even though the calendar has officially announced that spring has arrived, we saw just what Mother Nature can do with the snow we had the other day, and now with more in the forecast for this week. The gardens are calling me, but there isn’t much I can do in...
There’s an old poem titled Enoch Arden written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in 1865. It tells the story of a man named Enoch Arden who left his wife and children to go to sea in order to support the family. While at sea, Enoch is shipwrecked on an island for 10 years. He is eventually rescued and...
With the first day of spring two days away, winter is making a last minute stand, as snow flakes fell across the area this afternoon.
Light snow is anticipated today and tomorrow.
