22 years later; a 9/11 reflection piece
Author’s note: I originally wrote this at the 20-year anniversary mark but have gone back to reflect upon 9/11, as I do every year, to make sure we are still…
Opinion
Milan Community News
Wow!! What a change in the weather. We went from air conditioning barely keeping up with the heat to wondering if we should turn on a little heat in the…
Garrison Keillor & Friends: As I keep telling myself, life is good
The birth of the spotless giraffe at a zoo in Tennessee, the only known one on earth, is important news to those of us who grew up as oddballs, seeing…
From the Editor’s Desk
Last week, I attended a social event where I ran into my old school bus driver. Having known me for a number of years, obviously, he told my date about…
From the Editor’s Desk
Monday holidays always throw me off. In my world, a Monday holiday means not only early deadlines for design and print, but also a mass exodus of people in the…
The Lowe Down: Reading signs…
Reading people can be as easy as reading baseball signs. The key to both is to pay attention. Just as we can recognize that an arm swipe across the chest,…
Milan Community News
And once again we have an early deadline for articles going into the newspaper. It has been a pleasant week, but from the forecast we are going to have a…
Garrison Keillor & Friends: Crossing the flats, looking for mountains
In homage to my ancestor David Powell, I rode a train across Kansas heading for Colorado, his goal in 1859 when he left Martha Ann and the children behind in…
Letter to the Editor
Our mother, Lolly, passed away recently at Brookside Senior Living at the age of 97. During the last few months she required increasing levels of care, which the staff provided…
From the Editor’s Desk
A typical week is usually a scramble to find the news, cover the events, and manage all of the interviews to fill three newspapers. The past two weeks made even…