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Students are still teaching us
They were pioneer kids in the first school in Greene County, Iowa, 165 years ago. Then their 2 instructors and 32 of them — boys or just older — marched…
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Another Vandy roster change
Columnist is now on “injured reserve” for the “RicheBurger Bowl” football game between his and his wife’s alma maters. They’ll both watch from home.
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How he learned to love college sports
A Parkersburg, Iowa, farm boy went on to become the 33-year spokesman for athletics at Vanderbilt, Iowa’s opponent in the Dec. 31 ReliaQuest Bowl…
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The Rob Sand road show
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The sad closing of Iowa Wesleyan University
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Landus’ big move was “bold” (and awkward)
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A blessed 15 years later
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Our little-known Civil War valor
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Bowing out after 54 years of public speaking
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Terry Branstad’s Iowa Award
There was a whole lot of emotion in the rotunda of the State Capitol Thursday for a celebration of one of our all-time best Iowans.
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A glorious time for Vandy fans!
Could there actually be a “RicheBurger Bowl,” with Chuck’s team (the 10-2 Vanderbilt Commodores) playing Mary’s team (the 8-4 Iowa Hawkeyes)? Oh my!
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A blessed 15 years later
A stem cells transplant and great medical staff at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics saved his life. He’s been living in gratitude ever since.
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Back to campus — again!
“The Eternal Sophomore” visited Buena Vista University last weekend for a special ceremony, and rekindled his love for college life all over Iowa — and…
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“Schoolboy Soldiers of Rippey”
We publicly introduce our project at a Greene County Iowa Historical Society program next Sunday, Nov. 23, at the museum in Jefferson.
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Raeckers’ historic tailgate party
To my readers in Oregon and out there: It all happened last weekend in Iowa just like your Timmy & Cindy Harris are telling you it did!
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He could, or should, have been Governor
Mike McCarville of Fort Dodge was one of Iowa’s youngest mayors in the 1980s when the columnist met him. They were friends ever after.
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