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Bona was born in Minta, East Cameroon into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a young age. Read More

Holy Cross used its shooting from the floor to get in front, then used its foul shooting to stay there Saturday night. Read More

Traditional marriage advocates who demand a vote to amend Iowa's constitution plan to leave their calling cards early and often during the 2010 legislative session. Read More

Pat White is too taciturn to tell you how uniquely hard his job is. Read More

You have to wonder if Gov. Pat Quinn's efforts to deal with the state's financial problems could lead to his undoing - at least when it comes to prisons. Read More

The following are some of the volunteer opportunities currently open in Freeborn County. Read More

You know, maybe it's just me, but I haven't noticed any terrorist bombing attempts by people whose ethnicity or religion isn't tied to the Middle East or Islam in some way. Read More

Governor Pat Quinn visited the storied Billy Goat Tavern on Lower Michigan Avenue to declare "Billy Goat Tavern Day" Saturday, but few wanted to talk about that. Read More

A local family has gotten a Christmas surprise: an Associated Press photograph of their son, a Navy commander, with President Barack Obama at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii on Christmas Day. "It's always an honor to the military for the president to take time and visit the troops," said New Richmond resident Pat Ryan, father of Mike Ryan, a Navy supply officer who is in the picture with his son, 3-year-old William Patrik Ryan. Cmdr. Ryan, 41, a graduate of Summit Country Day School, grew up in Mount Lookout and joined the Navy when he graduated from Miami University in 1991 with a degree in political science. Read More