Travel insurance safeguards your investment in a costly trip by covering unexpected events that could disrupt your plans. It can reimburse pre-paid, non-refundable expenses for unforeseen circumstances....

It’s weird how you don’t realize something has been missing from your life so long until you’re sitting there and participating in it again. As many of you know (and I’ll likely not stop talking...

It’s nice to live in a community that looks at things like food insecurity and doesn’t balk away from that for another summer. This summer, Southeast Linn Community Center has been having free community...

I suppose it would have been worse if Sen. Joni Ernst had promised constituents in the Butler County town hall that slashing Medicaid coverage with the pending budget bill would ironically allow them...

This summer, Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and the Solon Economist will have three summer interns helping to cover in these communities. These are there introductions to the community.   A.J. Dolan Through...

It didn’t start out this way.  In the beginning, all we wanted were a few homegrown tomatoes.  And maybe some fresh basil.  Somehow things just got out of control.  Now it’s become a full-blown...

Guest Editorial - The national mesothelioma registry: A path to better care for Linn County’s veterans Jonathan Sharp   Asbestos-related diseases take decades to manifest from the time...

Manufacturing the Future: How Kirkwood Is Adapting Higher Education to Serve Industry and Students By Joe Greathouse, dean of industrial technologies at Kirkwood Community College Manufacturing has...

Our patrons enjoy large print books for many different reasons.  Some enjoy reading while exercising on an elliptical or a stationary bike; others enjoy reading large print at the end of the day when...

In this week’s Sun, we have the story of Cathy Hufford, who helped out by donating one of her kidneys to someone in need. In the interview, Hufford noted she had signed up to donate items like bone...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This month, I have ended up watching three pieces of content that dealt with subjects about mental health that have stuck with me. One of them was Marvel Studios...

I know it may look like it, but ants are not actually eating your peonies.  This time of year, peonies, sometimes called “the king of all flowers” are in full and glorious bloom. And, somewhat alarmingly,...