Rodents used to rattle Insomnia Cookies’ location on Sherman Avenue. The pests prowled the alley neighboring the store, preying on spilled garbage and gnawing through dumpster lids. The problem ...

WITH A LITTLE HELP from my readers, I’ve been compiling a legal list of herbs that improve a high. The latest additions — Kava kava, Rat Root, and Rue — get you there all by themselves. The reader who ...

Chad Pregracke, right, stands with Great River Brewery co-owner Paul Krutzfeldt as they drink cans of the brewery's new River Rat Root Beer in Davenport on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Great River ...

A brief in Monday's paper listed an incorrect date for the debut of River Rat Root Beer, named in honor of Living Lands and Waters founder Chad Pregracke.