Orlan Love

Even in highly ‘improved” places like Iowa, nature still has a few secrets, and I got to steal a peek …

QUASQUETON — A blessing to residents since the town’s founding in 1842 — and to the first Americans long before …

QUASQUETON – During this Stephen Kingesque reality show, for temporary COVID-19 relief I come out of my bunker to see …

Iowa’s oldest, rarest and most fearsome stone – the meteorite – has in ancient times left marks on the landscape …

QUASQUETON – My wife recently suggested we drive to the Mississippi for one of the winter eagle-viewing events. Get in …

HAZLETON – Something seemed ‘off” about the 49 East Buchanan seventh-graders enjoying a Feb. 7 winter field trip at Buchanan …

We had all three kinds of fish during our annual ice fishing trip to Lake of the Woods: aggressive, passive …

With my clean conscience, I instantly fall asleep most nights. But not on Jan. 10, when I was still abuzz …

I’m not what you call an early adopter – only years of snide remarks made me give up my flip …

Hunting pheasants is not for the old and decrepit, but my friend and hunting companion, Arthur Clark of Quasqueton, and …

In 25 years’ association with Tommy Skarlis of Waukon, I have observed some of the qualities that have made him …

If you see a pretty roadside ditch in your Linn County travels, whisper a benediction to the late Rob Roman, …

Iowa grows corn. Corn grows Iowa. And, when it stands unbroken to the horizon in endless amber waves of unpicked …

Nothing says fall like gray clouds and skeletal trees reflected at dawn in the glassy surface of a remote marsh. …

At age 70, I thought my tree-planting days were behind me. Actuarial tables say I can expect to live another …