I saw a photo of an author I admire recently, and she had no hair. I worried she was ill, so I immediately investigated. She was not ill. She had cut off all her hair and had done it for good reasons, ...

Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” focused on manners and goodness, two virtues sometimes forgotten today. Shortly before the novel was published, our Founding Fathers settled on the free exchange of ...

Later this month, four Cascade kids will get the opportunity of a lifetime to participate on a national stage. Johnnie Lynch, Caden Urbain, Colten Urbain and Nate Urbain will represent Cascade at the ...

During the Bernard Picnic marked the grand opening of the new playground equipment, which was held, June 14. Sharon Meyer, the head of the Bernard Playground Project Committee, started the ceremony by ...

For Edgewood area dairy farmer Dan Venteicher, what began in 2021 as a social media channel highlighting the benefits of dairy and educating viewers on the dairy industry has now transitioned to other ...

The Dubuque County Dairy Princess for 2025 is Taylor Hilkin, who lives on her family farm, Siegert’s Swiss, outside of Peosta. Hilkin, an incoming junior at Western Dubuque, got into the dairy ...

Chris M. Gibbs, 53, of Cascade, passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2025, surrounded by his family, after a three and a half year long, courageous and enduring battle with cancer, which he had such strong ...

The future of the old Cascade library building has been a topic of debate in the community since it closed in March, with the building vacant since the move to the new library. City council members ...

My husband, Peter, doesn’t believe me, but I didn’t always dress up. I would dress up for the holidays and for a special occasion, but the definition of “special” was fairly strict. It involved ...