We all have ways to decompress from stress in our lives. A lot of my time off is spent watching movies and talking about movies with others on social media. One of the other areas I’ve found a release...

It’s been a busy week in Mount Vernon and Lisbon. We have news of two mergers and acquisitions alone on interior pages. Don’t take that the news isn’t on front page that it’s not important....

Maybe it’s the time of year. Or maybe Iowa is just a quiet place generally. But while Los Angeles burns to the ground and parts of Missouri are getting buried under 14 inches of snow, the stories that...

They may take our lives, but they will never take our Skibidi slang! My apologies to Mel Gibson whose character in the movie Braveheart said of his English oppressors, “They may take our lives, but...

Thanks to Pleasant Grove for preserving family history   We are very gratified by the news that the Lisbon City Council has voted to transfer Pleasant Grove Heritage Park back to a non-profit...

With the beginning of another year, comes another list of goals for the community to start tackling in 2025.   Investigation into possibility of child care center at LBC This is part of a...

Well, I watched more movies than I did in 2023… I crossed the 1095 films watched overall (three films on average per day, the majority on weekends), and I did excel in watching more movies than were...

We have to thank the Mount Vernon Fine Arts Association for a lovely concert featuring international Steinway artist Jim McDonogh in the Performing Arts Center just ahead of the Christmas holiday. It...

Perhaps you are familiar with this quote from Mr. Rogers: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who...

Happy New Year, Mt. Vernon As 2025 begins, it is time to review the City activities and look forward to what is coming up. Completed construction projects include the resurfacing of Business 30 from...

Thank you for preserving Pleasant Grove Heritage Park, Inc. With overwhelming pleasure and immense relief, the Lisbon Historic Preservation Commission extends a warm welcome to Pleasant Grove Heritage...

You understand that this whole business of time is fake and just something we made up to explain the appearance of gray hair and why we don’t have summer all year round, right?  So when we celebrate...