Mt. Carroll Rotary Club

50 square dancers from 12 area clubs and local caller, Tommy Russell from Eldridge, Iowa, danced across Canada and the New England states for 10 days beginning August 2. Their destination and goal: Plattsburg, New York to visit and dance with fellow dancers, Tim and Paula Schares formerly from DeWitt, Iowa who had moved out east two years ago.

Overseas Briefing

They say studying abroad changes your point of view, that it opens your mind to a wealth of different opinions, customs and ways of life. Three months into my stay in Peru, I can’t disagree with that. But I don’t think it is Peru I’ve come to appreciate, so much as America.At dinner one night…

Report: Gay, straight marriages strikingly similar

While social conservatives in the 2010 election campaign depict gay marriage as a threat to married life as we know it, Iowa’s 18-month experience with the newly legalized institution has revealed striking similarities to traditional marriage and no discernible harm to it, according to an IowaWatch study.

Champlain Colleges New Masters Program Off to a Strong Semester

BURLINGTON, Vt., - A free online information session about Champlain Colleges first on-campus multi-disciplinary master's program - a Master of Fine Arts in Emergent Media will be held Wednesday, Sept. 29 from noon to 1:15 p.m. The new program, which began this fall with 14 students, brings together three contemporary trends into a focus area of study relevant to todays world. global...

A few questions, please

The primaries are over and the winning candidates are now in their final run toward Election Day (Nov. 2). Now is the time that citizens concerned about the state’s future can pin down those candidates on their positions on key issues they’ll face in the forthcoming legislative session.