Click here: This year Americans will pay more to the government in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and housing combined, a new report from the Tax Foundation reveals.

Patty Jo Siefken, 77, West Burlington died Sunday, April 3, 2016
Bob Grothe, 85, Danville, died Monday, April 4, 2016
David G. Butts, 69, West Burlington, died Friday, March 18, 2016
Jim R. Barton, 65, Burlington, died Sunday, April 3, 2016
Otto Emanuel Erickson, Jr., 91, Burlington died Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Mike Bowman, 55, Burlington, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Ivan K. “Kenny” Thomas, 80, rural Gladstone, IL died Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Leonora “Lee” Ottilia Pilgram, 89, Burlington died Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Georgia E. Nupp, 78, Burlington, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Richard P. “Dick” Anderson, 82, Burlington, died Saturday, April 9, 2016
John R. Lohmann, 75, Burlington, died Thursday, March 17, 2016
William “Bill” Larry Bowers, 54, Burlington, died Sunday, March 13, 2016
Why is baseball called “America’s pastime”? What makes it any more unique than, say, football, basketball, or hockey? George Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and the author of two bestselling books on baseball, explains why the sport known as “America’s pastime” may really be just that.



