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How to help a hoarding parent

1 year ago By Jim Miller

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, My dad has always been a pack rat, but since mom died a few years ago he’s become more of a hoarder. The clutter in his house has gotten out of control and I don’t know what to do.

Quiet recognition for a national symbol

1 year ago By From The Editor’s Files

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor Just before the start of the new year, I read with great interest that the bald eagle has finally become our national bird. If your thoughts are anything like mine, you're probably scratching your head right now.

Farm and French toast preparation

1 year ago By News Staff

By the time this column hits the presses, the first significant winter weather system of 2025 will have arrived. For our area, the weather experts are all forecasting periods of ice, strong winds, extreme cold and heavy snow.

A 'Fun, Old-fashioned, Family Christmas'

1 year ago By News Staff

When a family is blessed with amazing children and grandchildren, every day is special. And when those family members all come home for Christmas, it's extra special.

The Rhodes/Swansen family gathers for a photo at the end of Christmas Day. Contributed photo

Pocketknives and treasure

1 year ago By Greg Doering

Insight I still have my very first pocketknife, a Henckels three-bladed stockman with a red bone handle. It’s safely stowed in a drawer now, because its everyday utility was long ago surpassed by its sentimental value.

Chad Arthur Engle

1 year ago By News Staff

Chad Arthur Engle was born July 3, 1976, to the Pope family in Atlantic, Iowa, and was lovingly adopted by the Engel family on March 12, 1984. He fought his last battle with the fierce enemy, cancer, on Dec. 21, 2024, at the age of 48.

Memorial service will be at Cheney Baptist Church, 1502 N. Main, Cheney, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 3. Interment will be at a later date in Pioneer Cemetery, Cheney. Wulf-Ast Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.