Dale Lee Hildebrant, 73, Valley City, and formerly of Rogers, died Monday, June 14 at Mercy Hospital, Valley City. A funeral service will be h…
As we get older we tend to lose more things more often. Like names, for example. A memory pops up about someone and in the sharing of the memo…
In 1771, King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died after eating a meal of caviar, lobster, sauerkraut and champagne, along with 14 helpings of dessert.
It was heavenly visiting a restaurant. Finally. It was a huge step toward getting back to some type of normalcy.
The suicide rate of the general population of the U.S. declined during both 2019 and 2020, according to preliminary analyses by the Centers fo…
Okay, May, thanks. You can stop trying so hard now. Save a little for the other months.
I just wanted to order a personalized Bible for my grandson’s confirmation gift. It has been a Lutheran tradition as far back as I can remembe…
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Editor’s note: Please enjoy this Dr. Rosmann column from 2014.
Saturday, the sun foretold a clear and crisp day. The temperature was barely above freezing, but the day held promise anyway. I don’t understa…
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Just when it feels like there is nothing but bad news in the world, something good happens. The good thing can be blazingly wonderful, or it c…
We may have had a breakthrough in honoring a basic rule of the universe. On Easter Sunday, I loaded up Grandchildren One through Three to see …
Editor’s note: Please enjoy this Dr. Rosmann column from 2014.
Our 50th wedding anniversary is just one year away. A milestone of that magnitude takes advance planning.
As I was preparing for a talk to an agricultural group, I read an article about Greek philosophy.
Paul W. Johnson, the former head of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources after that, pas…
I forgot to diet today. I do that quite often – forget to give up the things that make my upper arms and thighs quiver. My good intentions are…
Last Saturday morning, I took Grandchildren Four and Five to see my father.
One of the first things to harvest each growing season is rain for indoor plants.
It was an unprecedented cold spell. The house cracked with the bitterness of it. At 2 a.m. there was a gigantic thump that woke you from the k…
Bipolar disorder occurs in about one percent of farm and nonfarm people, whereas major depression occurs in about six percent of the general p…
My wife and I watched “Nomadland” recently. It’s a good movie – good story, good acting, skillfully done. I’m just not sure what all the fuss …
I’ve had more time to reflect on things this past year, than perhaps at any other time in my life. With all that extra thinking, these are the…
Editor’s note: Please enjoy this March 2014 column from Dr. Mike Rosmann.
As of this writing on the morning of Feb. 14, it was 13 degrees below zero in North Pole, Alaska.
By the time this column is printed, you will have only two days left before Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t taken care of business before now,…
In June 1991, a four-person panel of representatives of their fields presented their insights about sustainable agriculture and sustainable me…