Last Tuesday a lightning strike caused 60 hogs to suffocate in Farmersburg, Iowa.

Harley Davidson riders are mostly middle class or simply wealthy doctors playing at slumming it.

Should cats be impounded like dogs? Better not let the cat out the cat-flap! Still some local towns have a Curfew!

For some lonely folks there was somewhere to go for Christmas dinner and it didn't cost a dime; A 100 year old German Church.

Their biggest job now is to remove the rubble, deal with the DNR, EPA and environmentalists, because the meat is buried under the rubble.

A violent storm named a bowing line of thunderstorms hit Farmersburg

The Saackes know that Mathews did serve in the military and they believe that the war he participated in was the Mexican-American War.

How to get rid of piles of snow. City Councils impose charges for removing snow, but here are some other, often humerous ways, to get rid of snow.

Buddha, a little white kitten with icy blue eyes was found in a trash bin, he has survived against all the odds and he continues to fight for survival.

A rare flesh-eating bacteria victim tells how he got the disease and how he beat it.

A young woman who has three kidneys that don't function is awaiting a transplant of kidney number four.

Republican and Democratic Party Chairs in Clayton County talk about the coming Caucus.

Keeping old customs alive one Iowa woman enjoys hunting and eating squirrels.

There have been several female leaders the world over in the last few decades. In comparison how does Hillary fair - will she just be another war mongering money grabber?

It is never too late for a new career, and stress for some people i a plus:

Bomb shelters built during 1960s hysteria could be revamped and put to good use in the current climate.

The effort that someone recovering from a stroke will have to put forth is tremendous.

America has an epidemic of domestic abuse, what can be done about it?

Its hard out here for a pensioner

Stone masons earned 25 cents an hour in 1930s America.

Calendars make great advertising for businesses.

It is not difficult to think of giving up ones life to save a family member, but it is quite Godly to do so in order to save a complete stranger.

No harm being a couch pototoe if you are reading a good book!

17-year-old girl missionary plans trip

When land was only $1.25 an acre!

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Farmer and Iowan pioneer descendant, Richard Thompson, recants the days when blood sausage, pickled pig foot, head cheese, liver sausage, brain and side pork were local delicacies.