Q: How are you supporting families who are struggling with infertility?

More and more gardeners are adding native plants to their landscapes. These plants provide more than beautiful flowers for us to enjoy. They also support pollinators and other beneficial insects, and provide food and shelter for songbirds, toads and other wildlife.

As part of our Spencer ADA Council updated community engagement project, local graphic artists were contacted about helping to create a new logo to show the wide variety of abilities embraced by persons with disabilities.

Last Monday night was my first ever rugby tournament, and it was quite the learning experience. The Spencer girls rugby club is a new sport this year, but it is not without heart.

Our little team of four drove over to Fort Dodge and began the first of six tournaments this season.

In full disclosure, I wanted to see “Speak No Evil,” but my wife refused to see a horror movie so we settled on PG-13 documentary. And I’m glad we did.

Matt Walsh tried to meet with a racism support group, at a high cost mind you, but once they figure him out, he explained he is trying to understand their point of view. His reward: They tossed to the curb despite their “inclusivity” because they feared him.

So begins “Am I Racist?”

How would you feel if your city council or county supervisors invited hundreds of illegal aliens to come to your community even though there are no resources to manage them?

What would you think if your local school district started teaching CRT, "critical race theory," that says whites are oppressors and blacks are victims? They also start a drag queen story hour for elementary students promoting LGBTQ and transgender policies.

I am writing this well before fair because I know fair will be hectic and I won’t have time to write an acceptable article. I want to take this time to remind exhibitors to send thank-you's. Especially those of you that won specific awards. There are so many reasons to send a thank you. It is a chance to acknowledge all the work that it takes to make the Clay County Fair the Greatest County Fair and to show your appreciate for that time and effort.

There is history that tariffs came before income taxes as the means to fund the government. We know this because tariffs provided most of the revenue that funded the U.S. government from the birth of the country up until 1913 when the U.S. adopted the income tax which replaced tariffs. The concept of tariffs providing the revenue to fund the country is being revisited in this century by Donald Trump, who sees tariffs as the solution to many of our fiscal problems including the deficit.

“Twenty-three years on, as the brutal attacks of 9/11 slowly fade from memory to history, I still deeply believe: ‘We don't live in America ... America lives in us.’” — columnist Shelly Palmer.

Written by Palmer, while remembering the neighborhood heroes from FDNY Engine Co. 16 Ladder 7 who, like so many other brave first responders, rushed to protect those impacted and never came home.

Q: What’s the history behind Farm Safety Week?

Both presidential candidates fiscal proposals differ widely, which is an understatement, but with one major similarity. That is that neither put the country on any fiscal track to getting any closer to alignment of government expenditures with tax revenue. Neither project a balanced budget in the next decade.

Welcome spring and create continuous color for several months with a collection of spring-flowering bulbs. After planting in the fall, you’ll enjoy an array of flower colors that combine nicely with other spring-flowering trees, shrubs and flowers.

Nearly 36 years in the making, Hollywood proves it all out of ideas, bringing back Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder as unresolved love interests Beetlejuice, an undead, love-starved demon, and Lydia Deetz, the object of his affections.

When I walked into the county courthouse, an officer demanded that I empty my pockets and proceed through a metal detector. Then I moved to Iowa. I walked into the courthouse, with no guards or metal detector in sight. A passerby kindly asked, “What are you looking for?” and helped me find my way.

The Clay County Fair is upon us, in all of its American glory. Whether you show up for the food, the rides or the agriculture, going to the fair has probably been at least a little bit significant in your life.

I, for one, can remember attending the fair from a very young age, when I was 4 years old and new to Spencer. It was exciting getting to see my friends and mine 4-H projects that won blue ribbons, and especially the exhibits that were great enough to get to the state fair.