Victory Gold Corporation placed an ad in the Clinton Heraldin early August, offering to buy coins, collectibles, gold or silver jewelry, or “all forms of gold and silver.” They set up shop at the Hampton Inn on Wild Rose Drive in Clinton for six days, Aug. 13-18. Their ad also featured a cou…

I’ll level with you. One of the key reasons Brenda and I decided to spend part of the year in the Northwest was to see if we could start over again, make new relationships with friends, become part of a community. 

I want to talk about something that is extremely taboo in families. Even more taboo than views on religion and abortion. Some people cannot even comprehend how this can be a “thing” — even the survivors who are labeled with its diagnoses. 

Note: 2018 marks the 150th birthday of Robert A. Millikan, the first American-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize for

The slowly unfolding and still-unexplained story of Christine Snell’s departure from the Maquoketa Community School District appears to be grinding toward its end.

The word addiction can mean different things to many people but one thing is for certain — addiction can cause harm regardless if it is a substance or an activity.  

The fall season is officially upon us. Grab your coffee (or, if you prefer; hot chocolate), ponchos, sweaters, and lace up your boots. There’s a crisp chill in the air and the leaves are slowly dancing toward the ground. But if it’s too cold outside for you, I know just the place where you c…

Editor’s note: John Brassard Jr.’s monthly column documents Clinton County’s history through anecdotes and research. This particular column details a Delmar murder scene in detail. Reader discretion is advised. 

When Joe Bisinger was going through some old family photographs he had inherited from an uncle, he found a wedding picture of his grandparents. There also was a photo of an aunt before she passed away during a diphtheria outbreak in the 1930s when she was a 3-year-old toddler. He thought som…

Walking down Sixth Street in DeWitt earlier this week, I was struck by the presence of all the pink in the storefronts of businesses lining a three-block stretch. 

Hey, everyone, did you know there’s this new thing out there called the internet?

When J.C and Darlene Cox began the work of creating Lakehurst Riverside Campground it was the two of them, a pickup truck, chainsaw and a shovel.

The Maquoketa Community School District has come to terms with former middle school principal Christine Snell, but it still has not explained itself to the taxpayers who are on the hook for the $122,500 settlement.

In my job as a pysch consultant in Dubuque, I have noticed how often we admit geriatric patients who reside in a “memory unit” or some dementia-related care facility. Sometimes they are sent to psychiatric services because they become so confused they become agitated, and in turn become aggr…

If you drove through Maquoketa about 10 years ago, you would have seen empty storefronts, a pile of rubble and a somber vibe that struck the hearts of the community. 

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Have you heard? The Eastern Iowa Farmer is about to come out in a few short weeks with its sixth edition. To my recollection there were no blood or tears shed, but certainly there was some sweat. And I don’t mean that figuratively. 

Note: 2018 marks the 150th birthday of Robert A. Millikan, the first American-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize for physics. He graduated from Maquoketa High School in 1885 and throughout his life credited his success to his early upbringing in Maquoketa.

Some stories just won’t go away.