Feeling Tired All of the Time?
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving this weekend to all of my Canadian family and friends. Some of you may not realize, but Thanksgiving in Canada is in October, rather than November.
Just like that — it’s harvest season again. This year that seems like it will never end somehow also seems to have flown by. The giant clock of the farm seasons took one tick forward, and we are starting in on harvesting the crops. I can feel it in the air — my favourite season — and I enjoy…
I think it’s safe to say that our drought is over. After a week of rain, we had about 10 inches at our farm over the week. Other friends nearby had between 7 and 10 inches. Our pasture creeks are running again, so we no longer have to haul water to the cows, and the grass has started greeni…
As the elections are coming up, this also can mean that one's anxiety and stress levels can be on the rise. Whether you lean left or right, or something else entirely, it is very easy to get caught up in the political drama of "he said, she said."
Well, in my last column, I was wishing for rain, and we certainly got some. I was not, however, bargaining for sideways rain! It’s been an interesting couple weeks weather-wise for us farmers. First, we finally got the rain we had been hoping for, but it came with 65 mph winds, some hail and…
Over the past few years we have seen a number of over the counter (OTC) medications appearing in the pharmacy shelves and although majority of them are safe if the instructions on the labels and inserts are followed but we have also witnessed a rising number of adverse effects including seri…
As the elections are coming up, this also can mean that one's anxiety and stress levels can be on the rise. Whether you lean left or right, or something else entirely, it is very easy to get caught up in the political drama of "he said, she said."
Well, in my last column, I was wishing for rain, and we certainly got some. I was not, however, bargaining for sideways rain! It’s been an interesting couple weeks weather-wise for us farmers. First, we finally got the rain we had been hoping for, but it came with 65 mph winds, some hail and…
Over the past few years we have seen a number of over the counter (OTC) medications appearing in the pharmacy shelves and although majority of them are safe if the instructions on the labels and inserts are followed but we have also witnessed a rising number of adverse effects including seri…
Hope all of you had a great holiday weekend this past weekend. For the first time in a very long time, we actually took a sort of a vacation. We spent the weekend at a family member's lake house in Wisconsin. What a great time we had!
Happy belated Father's Day to all those dads out there. Hope you had a special day with those who made you a dad. It may have been hard this year due to the restrictions, but perhaps you were able to call or video chat at least. Here on the farm, the boys and Robb spent some time together — …
Now this is Iowa corn growing weather! The heat and humidity have been turned on and everything is growing like crazy. I still love the line about how you can "hear the corn grow" in Iowa. I kind of feel like that could be true some days. Corn loves heat and humidity. Soybeans do quite a bit…
Read through the obituaries published today in The Quad-City Times.
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Friends of bride and groom Grace Markovich and Jack Dunn have organized a fundraiser for Younes Dayekh. He was severely injured in a crash in Davenport on Friday, where he was visiting to serve as an usher in the wedding.
Allegations of threatening and violent student behavior at Bettendorf came to light last week. The superintendent of Bettendorf Schools responded Monday.
Police found that one of the seagulls struck by the shovel received a broken wing and was no longer able to fly. It was later euthanized from the severity of its injuries.
Leah is a 13-year-old girl under Department of Children and Family Services care who lives in a psychiatric ward in a Chicago hospital.
The La Crosse convenience store chain is partnering with Coinsource to install Bitcoin ATMs at over 800 Kwik Trips in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa.
A clamp-down on Chicago teens’ access to a popular downtown park and a weekend curfew following the fatal shooting of a teenager has revived longstanding accusations that City Hall prioritizes the city’s sparkling lakefront and downtown over West and South side neighborhoods where hundreds have been killed or hurt by gun violence. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tightened a citywide curfew for young people as part of an effort to combat violence and restricted access by unaccompanied minors to downtown Chicago’s Millennium Park. The changes followed the weekend shooting death of a 16-year-old boy. But activists and others worry that minority teens will bear the brunt of the crackdown and exacerbate tensions between police and minority communities.
Bob Steen could only stand and watch Monday afternoon as East Moline firefighters put out the fire that somehow started in the basement of the old Grace United Methodist Church building he purchased about five years ago.
One person was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the chest during a shooting Saturday in East Moline at bar close, according to police.
Davenport police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that seriously injured two people, one of whom suffered life-threatening injuries
A former Cook County, Ill., man now living in Davenport and awaiting a July trial on drug charges was arrested Thursday by Davenport police on drug and weapons charges that include charges for a shooting early Tuesday in which two people were wounded, one seriously.
Hundreds of newly released court exhibits pull back the curtain on how the Rams left St. Louis.
WHAT WE KNOW: Orion took in 3 1/2 inches of rain on May 13.
Leah is a 13-year-old girl under Department of Children and Family Services care who lives in a psychiatric ward in a Chicago hospital.
Former Rock Island County board member Cecilia O'Brien is being remembered as a respected advocate for the county, organized labor and historic preservation, as well as a dedicated community volunteer.