It was a cellar, school and racetrack
All these years later, Judith Sutherland can still recall all the games her and her sisters played in the old cellar of the farmhouse she grew up in.
Good old days: Tricking the schoolmaster
Local schools were scarce in frontier communities during the mid- to late-19th century, nor was there much in the way of celebrating the Christmas holiday.
Can you solve two antique tool mysteries in a row?
This weeks new mystery tool is a true mystery, even to its owner. Can you help identify it?
Still trying to finish my grazing list
Take this time of year to evaluate whether all of your planning and preparation has paid off or if you still have some work to do.
Back to the future: Like it or not, strange foods are here to stay
We have so many more foods to choose from today. There are even new animal foods coming into the marketplace that once would have been considered fictional.
Ohio big walleye contest brings big prizes
Clarence Mitchell Jr. caught the biggest walleye during the annual Fall Brawl, earning first place in the most noted Ohio-based fishing contest.
12 stages of Christmas (movies)
Kymberly Foster Seabolt reviews the 12 common, and sometimes corny, cliches of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies and reflects on why she still enjoys them.
CAUV can save you on taxes, as long as you follow the rule
The CAUV is a differential real estate tax assessment program that lets farmland owners have their parcels taxed according to its value in agriculture.
Evening grosbeaks joust at feeder
It's been forecasted that evening grosbeaks would head south in impressive numbers this winter. If you're not familiar with them, you're in for a treat.
Grain market waiting for the other shoe to drop
The three-month trade negotiation period with China comes at a bad time for farmers, as it stretches out the period of our lack of sales of soybeans into the time when new crop beans will become available out of South America.























