ARTICLES BY LISA PRATER
Our Easter anniversary By: 03/28/2013 @ 7:56am

Twelve years ago, I was pregnant with my first child. My husband and I had moved to our place in the country a few years before that, but we had neglected to find a church home in our new neighborhood. With ...

Machine Shed baked potato soup By: 01/08/2013 @ 9:20am

The Machine Shed is a wonderful restaurant with locations around the Midwest, including in Urbandale, which isn't too far from my place. It's a great place to go for Sunday brunch or any meal with ...

Farmers fighting the flood By: 06/08/2011 @ 12:03pm

As the rising Missouri River closes in on the small southwest Iowa town of Hamburg, local farmers are taking matters into their own hands.On June 5, a breech or "boil" occurred in the levee along the Missouri ...

Facebook informs, organizes flood victims By: 06/06/2011 @ 10:31am

As the southwest Iowa town of Hamburg braces for a flood expected to cause major damage there, residents are turning to Facebook to find -- and offer -- help.My husband grew up in Hamburg, my mother-in-law ...

Thrift store treasures By: 04/05/2006 @ 7:22am

There aren't a lot of places to shop for clothing in Lemmon, South Dakota. I found this out the hard way a few summers ago when my cousin, Becca, got married there. Nearly everyone in our extended family ...

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