Vanilla is not boring — though, for some unfortunate reason, Merriam Webster and contemporary society define it as “lacking distinction, plain, ordinary and conventional.” …

A younger reader wondered why people talk more about Christmas than Easter. I think it’s because Christmas runs to bigger money. Or maybe the reason is that we don’t trim Easter trees. …

The 5:30 call woke us early on a Thursday morning. It was a neighbor heading into town. “Hey, I just wanted to let you know that your cows are out, and they might have crossed the …

The Farm Service Agency’s Farm Storage Facility Loan program provides low-interest financing to help producers build or upgrade storage facilities and to purchase portable new or used …

I have been a terrible moviegoer all my life, but I think that is largely a genetic trait. My parents instilled in me a firm comfort with walking out of a theater at the first urge to do so during …

In 1922, a bulletin issued by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture predicted that women in agriculture — most of them wives of farmers — “would continue to be overworked and …

Imagine transforming your veggie scraps, eggshells or coffee grounds into gold. Mother Nature gave us a way to do just that, but it’s black gold — or, as we call it, compost. Compost …

As usual, this April started with a flood of jaw-dropping headlines across the country, ranging from businesses announcing bizarre new product lines to a Minnesota school district partnering with a …

April is about as untrustworthy of a month as any 30 days and nights can be. Three months — March, April and May — seem to delight in the uncertainty they deliver to our doorsteps, …

Over the past five years, Foley Community Education has expanded significantly. We have grown beyond youth and adult programming to include early childhood education, launched a school-age care …

Occasionally, throughout history, charismatic politicians emerge who capture overwhelming support from their electorate, garnering immense influence and forever changing their communities. Of …

Some of the most interesting disclosures regarding the public’s interest in local government appear in the earliest editions of an area’s weekly newspaper. A rural area, the acreage …