By Monica LeTorte, Home and Garden Columnist for the Lake Mills Leader

Dear Friends,

Apologies for such a late invitation! With this silly writers strike (how rude!), I was unsure if the highlight of the year, my Oscar Night Party, was going to go on. Imagine, that's...

For the last few months, I've been pumping all my spare change into Grilled Stuft Burritos, Isla Fisher posters, Purell hand sanitizer, and other Hecho in Estados Unidos products, single-handedly keeping this rickety, waterlogged-and-boarded economy afloat. Finally, Dubya and the Congressionoids have recognized the awesome powers of my stimulation and...

Economists may be waffling on whether we're headed into a recession, but a recent survey of the economic indicators at my local Kwik Trip Convenience Store all point to rough times ahead.

-Scratch-off lottery tickets not hitting as often, especially Red Hot Slingo and the Moola Tripler.

Earlier today the White House was forced to make public the visitor logs it has been trying to keep secret for years. The logs reveal much about the Bush White House's habits and relationships. Here, presented for the first time, is the Secret Service log from an average...

Mitt Romney may be downplaying the role Mormonism would play if he's elected president, but 23/6's investigative unit has unearthed a sacred text long kept under wraps by the Church of Latter Day Saints. These secret teachings, known as The Book of Rom, were first revealed in 1977 by the...

Yesterday, the Clinton camp issued a press release entitled:

SEN. OBAMA REWRITES HISTORY, CLAIMS HE HASN'T BEEN PLANNING WHITE HOUSE RUN

The document claims that Obama has lied about his presidential ambitions, citing an interview with his kindergarten teacher in which she reveals that, at the tender age...

As we all know, the Hilary Clinton-designed Asbestos Pantsuit is flying off the shelves and is on its way to being the number one shopping item this Christmas season. But other candidates, desperate for the critical fashionista vote, are launching their own sartorial statements. Here, 23/6 presents a preview of...

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from King James, that all the world should eat Turkey. And all went to eat fowl, everyone into his own city. And the Pilgrims also went up from London, out of the country of England, into...

Dear Friends,

Some of you have requested that I clarify certain points in the Declaration of Emergency Powers distributed to the residents of the Vernon Creek subdivision last week.

Some are wondering if it is really legal for me to install motion detecting halogen lamps without permission on people's property....

Dear Cloney,

So, I know it's been really weird for both of us since you were born, err, oviposited or whatever happens to you people. I wanted to write and say kudos on what you've done with the junk DNA you've inherited--I had no idea these bodies were...