MARENGO – As a veterinarian, Kenneth “Doc” Fettkether of Marengo would tend to farmer Stanley Kovar’s animals near Victor. They …
Dave Rasdal Living May. 28, 2012 6:12 am5021d ago
MARENGO – As a veterinarian, Kenneth “Doc” Fettkether of Marengo would tend to farmer Stanley Kovar’s animals near Victor. They …
Dave Rasdal Living May. 25, 2012 6:08 am5024d ago
ROBINS – Ray Sullivan knows exactly where his body will spend eternity – in a casket made with his own …
Dave Rasdal Living May. 23, 2012 6:12 am5026d ago
SHUEYVILLE – After 22 years in Shueyville, it’s time for The Rev. Tom Carver to make like a Methodist circuit …
Dave Rasdal Living May. 21, 2012 6:08 am5028d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – For nearly 70 years, Al Meier has loved boxing, from donning gloves as a teen to being …
Dave Rasdal Living May. 18, 2012 6:08 am5031d ago
PALO – Some are frilly, some are plain, some can shade or hold off rain. Some are silly, some dry …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 16, 2012 6:09 am5033d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – With such an early spring this year, the cars have long come out of mothballs, are spit …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 14, 2012 6:12 am5035d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Rather than art being in the eye of the beholder, it has been put into the hands …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 11, 2012 6:09 am5038d ago
MARION – Church bells ring in the distance as the sun shines brightly overhead and a breeze ripples through the …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 9, 2012 6:12 am5040d ago
The first sentence read “Paris in springtime.” And so, 30 years ago this week, I was off and Ramblin’ in …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 7, 2012 6:12 am5042d ago
LISBON – When Elaine West joined the Friendship Club, a group of Mount Vernon and Lisbon area farm wives, the …
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When Victoria Phillips recently attended an orientation at Horn Elementary School, where her three children will be new students next …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 4, 2012 6:09 am5045d ago
MARION – They danced the twist, wore colored socks and carried large purses. Their town had three gas stations, two …
Dave Rasdal
Living May. 2, 2012 6:09 am5047d ago
ROBINS – In the cold, damp stillness of the early morning – the sky filled with stars and the sea …
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