Concern for environment grows into new book
In a brave new "green" world of carbon credits and concern for the environment, Gina Olszowski, a 24-year-old graduate of Batavia High School and Drake University, is doing something to help Mother Earth.

Kane family rides ups and downs of farming
On April 18, the Chicago Board of Trade priced a bushel of corn at $5.995. In 2005, corn was $2 per bushel. Man, those farmers must be getting rich while the rest of us wage slaves are struggling to pay our grocery bills.

Ideas grow in fertile ground at Geneva History Center
History is anything but dull at the Geneva History Center. Under the leadership of Executive Director Dave Oberg, who said he is Swedish so he feels right at home two years into the Geneva position, the museum has some exciting exhibits and functions going on.

Economy no barrel of fun these days
The 20th Century was fun, wasn't it. The American Century, some call it. Our grandparents sold their 160-acre farm to a bigger operator and moved into town; our parents liked IKE; built cars, sold cars, fixed cars and sent us off to college after which we got white collar jobs. A few of us lucky ones managed to make it to an early, and planned, retirement.