Today is the third Friday the 13th of 2009. The first two were in February and March. The last time this …
Dave Rasdal News Nov. 13, 2009 6:00 am5879d ago
Today is the third Friday the 13th of 2009. The first two were in February and March. The last time this …
Dave Rasdal People & Places Nov. 11, 2009 10:15 am5881d ago
The U.S. Revolutionary War ended in 1783 and Iowa didn’t become a state until 1846, yet surprisingly 43 Revolutionary War …
Dave Rasdal People & Places Nov. 6, 2009 6:00 am5886d ago
Harley Ransom, 97, proved he was up to the challenge when the leader of his exercise group at Meth-Wick, a …
Dave Rasdal People & Places Nov. 2, 2009 2:27 pm5890d ago
Molly Mason has made it. She works in her Long Island, N.Y., studio, creating huge art sculptures for public display …
Dave Rasdal People & Places Oct. 31, 2009 7:00 am5892d ago
Some laughs on Halloween: What’s a vampire’s favorite fast food? A guy with very high blood pressure. What did the …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 29, 2009 7:00 am5894d ago
I expected to be proud of my step-daughter’s performance with the Linn-Mar “Marching Lions” high school band Monday night (Oct. …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 28, 2009 1:17 pm5895d ago
I couldn’t help myself with the egg puns as I wrote my Ramblin’ column for today’s Gazette newspaper. When Jerry …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 26, 2009 7:00 am5897d ago
Four weeks sober, Steve Sellers of Marion thought he had his drinking problem licked. His habit, over the years, had …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 23, 2009 7:00 am5900d ago
Tony Plaut did. An art professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Tony loves to play with his creative …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 20, 2009 7:00 am5903d ago
It’s no secret that newspapers are dying — I’ve heard it periodically since I came into the business in 1974. …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 19, 2009 7:00 am5904d ago
At first when I heard that Roberto Ampuero taught University of Iowa students how to improve their writing in Spanish, it …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 17, 2009 7:00 am5906d ago
On Oct. 17, 1989, I sat down to watch the third game of the Bay Area World Series between the …
Dave Rasdal
People & Places Oct. 16, 2009 7:00 am5907d ago
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