Kidney Cousins
One is not the loneliest number Whoever said “one is the loneliest number” didn’t consider every aspect of life. When it comes to kidneys, “none” is the loneliest number. Curt [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in Your Neighbors
Posted February 01, 2017in Your Neighbors
The only feet you need
As bus drivers go, Tami Randolph is as true as they come. “I’m a bus driver,” Randolph says with pride. “I’m a farm girl who grew up here, went to [...]
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Posted January 04, 2017in Your Neighbors
Saying “YES”: The world’s longest race began in Africa and ends in Iowa
While serving two weeks in poverty-stricken South Africa, Bill Raine saw children dying at such a high rate that graves were being mass produced, dug before anyone knew who would [...]
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Posted November 30, 2016in Your Neighbors
Santa in a tree house: Beaverdale neighborhood goes all out
A real estate purchase agreement is generally a boring, black-and-white, contractually binding document that is typically devoid of holiday cheer. Bill and Sarah Thorn knew that buying a house was [...]
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Posted November 02, 2016in Your Neighbors
Your Neighbors: Dowling coach Ron Gray has a lot to be proud of
Was Dowling Catholic’s wrestling program the most dominant in Iowa high school sports history? Maybe. “We only had one dual meet loss during the decade of the ’80s,” says Ron [...]
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Posted October 05, 2016in Your Neighbors
Happy birthday, Beaverdale
Beaverdale has a birthday coming up, and it’s a big one. Sean Bagniewski is the president of the Beaverdale Neighborhood Association. He moved to Beaverdale in 2009, and he’s the [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in Your Neighbors
HELP WANTED
When Julius Bernal sees a problem, he’s the type of man who figures out a way to fix it. And when he sees a weed, he’s the kind of person [...]
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Posted August 09, 2016in Your Neighbors
A little ditty about Jim and Diane
Four years ago, Richard Bywater moved into the house next to retired couple Jim and Diane Baker. A first-time homeowner and a student at the time, Bywater didn’t know what [...]
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