https://www.benjacobsonwrites.comRSS Feed for Ben JacobsonenThu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/d15b06d3-86b1-4e74-a701-c7f4ca0d1005.pdfMarianne Fiedler had beaten the cancer -- a rare sarcoma that sank its talons into the bones in her leg -- but the damage had been done.Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/d15b06d3-86b1-4e74-a701-c7f4ca0d1005.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/235740b6-7389-459c-a5ad-e57cc22aba28.pdfIt has been nearly eight years since the first -- and likely the last -- time in my life in which I refused the offer of a doughnut.Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/235740b6-7389-459c-a5ad-e57cc22aba28.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/c67e89c4-c4a1-40a6-8477-a11349ae1500.pdfBreaking news: There's an election coming up. More than one probably. I don't know.Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/c67e89c4-c4a1-40a6-8477-a11349ae1500.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/0edf27ca-d4bc-402c-96b4-3db733b314c0.pdfGALENA, Ill. -- It wasn't difficult for law enforcement officials to believe the note.Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/0edf27ca-d4bc-402c-96b4-3db733b314c0.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/f5f12088-5e15-427f-a80e-02c147a5bb4b.pdfJohn 'Jack' Thompson wasn't foolish enough to ignore advice from on high.Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/f5f12088-5e15-427f-a80e-02c147a5bb4b.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/d983bdc7-9620-4ee8-b813-f9563b5b0c1e.pdfIn his years on the river, avid angler Ken Ginter reeled in plenty of accolades.Sun, 26 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/d983bdc7-9620-4ee8-b813-f9563b5b0c1e.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/5be0c03d-120e-4788-a26a-af09e97d11a3.pdfIt has been eight months, but Caitlin Salow still can account for every minute of that cold January day.Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/5be0c03d-120e-4788-a26a-af09e97d11a3.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/90b475e0-be0b-441c-aae6-bbfc7ca35eb9.pdfIowa's system for collecting overdue court debt places an unfair burden on indigent residents, trapping them in a difficult-to-break cycle of poverty, according to a civil liberties advocacy group.Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/90b475e0-be0b-441c-aae6-bbfc7ca35eb9.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/8799d20f-9301-42e5-a962-fe58e3fd3810.pdfFor four years, Abby Leslein's workdays have been marked by illness and death.Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/8799d20f-9301-42e5-a962-fe58e3fd3810.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/29f0269a-b5a5-49b8-8dc1-4c7b010d2df3.pdfPEOSTA, Iowa -- President Donald Trump offered high praise to state officials and business leaders, as well as his own administration, during his first trip to Dubuque County since his historic 2016 election victory.Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/29f0269a-b5a5-49b8-8dc1-4c7b010d2df3.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/e040a25f-8d70-46f7-b015-36d8d6224cfa.pdfYou will forgive Don Lochner for the gallows humor.Wed, 14 May 2014 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/e040a25f-8d70-46f7-b015-36d8d6224cfa.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/7fa19ef6-c397-438d-a0eb-57d9599b8380.pdfBELLEVUE, Iowa -- Thursday night was long and mostly sleepless for Melissa Schmidt.Mon, 24 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/80834/uploads/7fa19ef6-c397-438d-a0eb-57d9599b8380.pdf