Susan G. Komen for the Cure sure stepped in the mud last week.
Komen, an organization with a major focus in fighting breast cancer, announced Jan. 31 they were severing funding to Planned Parenthood.
Starting Saturday at noon, the postseason officially gets under way for the winter sports season. The next month-plus promises to be an exciting one around the area.
The Creston/O-M wrestling team hosts a Class 2A Sectional Tournament tomorrow and the fourth-ranked Panthers appear to have a very good chance to contend for hardware at both the traditional and dual state tournaments later this month.
During former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's response to the State of Union speech last week, he said he was grateful for the endorsement of comedian Stephen Colbert because he wanted to keep the "youth-inspired vote."
Normally it's good for a sports journalist to have some "behind the scenes" information on a prominent athlete or team.
But in this case, I truly wish I did not.
Next Thursday is Groundhog Day. This has been one winter even the groundhog can't prolong for too much longer. It has been so nice that even if the "overgrown rodent" does see his shadow, we should still be in good shape.
By AMY HANSEN • CNA staff reporter | A short time ago, I was asked by Gary O'Daniels if I wanted to sit on an Eagle Scout board of review.
My immediate answer was, "Yes, of course I would," and "I'd be honored."
It was fitting that I walked into the Sports Page restaurant in Fort Dodge Thursday night for a late dinner with an old hometown friend, and the young man greeting us was a server that I'd covered in East Union sports, Ryan Bryson.
Here we are in mid-January and we haven't had to overwork our snowblowers this year. But, in my way of thinking, we deserve a warm winter after the past four or five we have had to endure. We've had more than our share of snow and cold over the last few years, we need to average it out someway.
With the Iowa GOP caucus and New Hampshire primary behind us, I am somewhat surprised by the outcomes.
The Iowa caucuses concluded last week with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney edging Rick Santorum by a mere eight votes (30,015-30,007). It was a historic evening. A winner wasn't even declared that evening until about 3 a.m.
