Today in History for Oct. 22: In 1692, a 14-year-old girl repelled an Iroquois attack on Vercheres near Montreal. Marie-Madeleine de Vercheres took charge and rallied people inside the fort. At her ...

Des Moines County Conservation Director Chris Lee speaks to the Lee County Conservation OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors) group on Wednesday. OWLS is free and held monthly on the second Wednesday ...

Shirley Payne believes Americans should take a fresh look at the nationally televised speech that President John F. Kennedy delivered Sept. 30, 1962, as he announced he was “federalizing” a unit of ...