Pastor Dean Hanson’s 30 years of ministry will be celebrated with a 10:30 worship service March 27 at Grace Lutheran Church in Pleasanton, followed by a luncheon put on by Grace and Faith ...

Her foundation was shaken after losing everything, but Bessie Hanson's faith was not: "Oh Lord, you don't know how special it is, I thank God for every one of them." ...

Iron, and mining for the mineral, has defined Wharton, New Jersey, for much of its history — since even before the town was named.

Port Oram, which gradually expanded into Wharton, was named for Robert F. Oram, an English immigrant who saw opportunity in the region’s iron industry and the Morris Canal, said Hanson and others.

The story of Kevin Hansen’s “good death” is perhaps the most personal of the stories that Hansen and Father Michael Trummer ...

It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial ...

The hike includes part of the city’s free 35-mile Sacramento River Trail Network that cuts through downtown. There's good fly fishing on the river at the Sundial Bridge, anglers said.

The Mississippi River has claimed countless lives over the years, and it kills indiscriminately, and many of its victims are never found. Here's more.

Neighbors of a 15-year-old girl found dead in the East River a week after disappearing into the water are worried her devoted mother won’t be able to survive without her beloved daughter by her ...