Month: April 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — If Wisconsin was a test case for voting in the age of the coronavirus, it did not go well for many voters. Thousands were forced to congregate for hours in long…

If there is a silver lining to the dangers that Wisconsin’s Republican leaders forced on the people of their state Tuesday, it is in the stories of voters who turned up to have their voices…

Yvonne Georgia Kettle, age 93, passed away on April 4, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Iola.  Yvonne was born in Iola, on Nov. 17, 1926. Her parents were George and Ruby (Cota) Trowbridge. She…

It seems a little strange — like so many things do these days — to write about books when you can’t actually check out a physical book from the library. Perhaps you can make a…

Pastor Chase Riebel delivered a live-stream sermon Sunday on “Being Prepared.” In Daniel 6, Daniel continues to pray to God, even though King Darius forbids worshiping anyone but himself. Daniel’s situation changed on the outside,…

Keeping with social distancing, the Prairie Dell 4-H Club met via Zoom Tuesday. It was Wear a 4-H Shirt Night. The next 4-H Council meeting will also be via Zoom on Thursday. For the program,…

The Gas City Council will not meet for its regular April meeting Tuesday. It is among the number of governing bodies in the area to adjust to adjust its meeting schedule because of the COVID-19…

WASHINGTON — Although President Donald Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark about where…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus officially eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11, health officials said Tuesday. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris…

ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis is backing Joe Biden for president, giving the prospective Democratic nominee perhaps his biggest symbolic endorsement among the many veteran black lawmakers who back…