News & Features
Wichtendahl seeks to become Iowa’s first-ever openly transgender state-level elected official
HIAWATHA – Aime Wichtendahl was only about five years old, but she could not stop worrying about her single aunt living alone in her apartment. “She would make herself sick, literally sick, from...
Decorah Pride hosts six events for LGBTQ+ visibility, diversity and “unleashing creativity” on Saturday, Sunday
DECORAH – Decorah Pride has a phrase in its slogan that goes beyond increasing LGBTQ+ visibility and celebrating diversity. The nonprofit in far northeast Iowa is also dedicated to “unleashing...
Opinion
Revisit assumptions, could haves and should haves in “The Midnight Library”
Many of us humans, flawed and egotistical as we are, believe our own interpretations are the only correct or accurate ones. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig helps readers recognize that they might be looking at things too narrowly.
Are any lies kind? Worthy questions in Nancy Johnson’s first-time novel
Nancy Johnson’s first novel raises a worthy question about lies, despite leaving characters unexplored, writes Cathy Chavez in her new “Off the Shelf” book review.