Growing up in the 1950s, Evans family vacations seem typical by rural Midwest standards: car trips to the Ozarks, the Black Hills, Nauvoo and New Salem in Illinois or St. Louis for a Cardinals ...

“She was nervous as a cat” is how the saying goes. I have decided this expression makes no sense. Our cat, Felix, is the least nervous creature I have ever lived with. My old Newfoundland dog, Moxie, ...

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At the Beckman Junior High Boys’ Invitational, April 10, the Cascade teams earned eight top-eight finishes in the seventh grade and 11 in the eighth grade events.

A young Cascade boys’ soccer team opened the 2025 season with a pair of solid performances last week, but ultimately dropped matches against Beckman Catholic and Marquette Catholic. In the home opener ...

Cascade’s girls’ golf team competed in a pair of events last week, making the trip to Bellevue, April 8, to play Marquette Catholic, at the Bellevue Golf Club. Bellevue also competed with an ...

The weather put a wrench in Cascade’s boys’ track and field schedule last week and, after an early-week invitational was a casualty of cold weather, the Cougars put together an impressive runner-up ...

The Cascade girls’ track and field team finished a strong second at the Marion Early Bird, April 12. Marion was the team champion with 136 points, Cascade was next with 110. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (102) ...

The Western Dubuque school board approved the 2025-26 budget during its board meeting April 14. The levy rate will be 10.98387 per $1,000 of valuation, with approval coming after a second public ...

Keep your eyes on the Cascade boys’ golf team this spring. Coach Steve Weber’s team always plays well on the home nine at Fillmore Fairways and the Cougars put together a fine team round to defeat ...

After dropping a tough 3-1 decision to Dubuque Senior the previous night, Western Dubuque’s girls’ soccer team got on the winning side of things with a 4-3 road win over Bellevue, April 8. The Rams ...

A day anticipated by the Cascade community for nearly four years lived up to expectations as the new Cascade Public Library held its official grand opening, April 12. Community officials, residents ...