The first week after New Year’s Day is a time for reflection, resolutions and renewal, but for some Iowans, it’s just another blah, boring winter week to […] ...

A Charles City bookstore employee was among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson, the bestselling novelist who has been rewarding independent store employees since 2015.

Navigating grief during the holiday season can be challenging. Learn strategies for coping and supporting loved ones from a licensed counselor.

Blue Christmas, anyone? Holiday time can be wonderful, worrisome, energizing and depressing -- all at the same time. Th ...

Around the holidays, this always leaves me still with a sadness, that I suppose will always be there. But I can continue on. A few years before my mother's passing, I got a card in the mail a week ...

Looking to find something positive for the Bears for the Christmas holiday, here are five of the biggest items on a wishlist that everyone should be asking for. A respectable head coach who ...

Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald allows players to spend ... starting later to accommodate holiday celebrations. Mike Macdonald presents an early Christmas gift to the Seahawks NFL teams ...

But for some, the season brings the holiday blues, which is “a term used to describe feelings of sadness or anxiety that typically start in November or December, around the holiday season," says Dr.

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The Christmas period can be especially tricky for anyone struggling to avoid alcohol, says sobriety coach Noelene Brown ... if you're sad, you're sadder at Christmas; if you're broke, Christmas ...

Where critics see clutter and consumerism, electric bills and climate harm, they see only holiday joy, albeit expressed in a Santa-themed toilet cozy. In October the National Retail Federation ...