Small business owners have faced their fair share of challenges in the past decade. Inflation, workforce shortages, and supply chain …
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Matt Everson Guest Columnists Oct. 12, 2025 5:00 am69d ago
Small business owners have faced their fair share of challenges in the past decade. Inflation, workforce shortages, and supply chain …
Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Oct. 12, 2025 5:00 am69d ago
Memory is failing me. It took me two days to recall the word ‘vertigo.’ A breakfast date with a couple …
Ed Tibbetts
Guest Columnists Oct. 12, 2025 5:00 am69d ago
Guest Column | Ed Tibbetts A month ago, Republicans launched a rebrand of their mammoth plan to cut taxes and …
Mimi Daoud
Guest Columnists Oct. 12, 2025 5:00 am69d ago
CR School Board District 2 | Mimi Daoud My name is Mimi Daoud, and I am running for the Cedar …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Oct. 11, 2025 5:00 am70d ago
The federal government is shuttered. Are there round-the-clock intense negotiations to find a way to reopen? Are leaders proposing new …
John Oakley
Guest Columnists Oct. 11, 2025 5:00 am70d ago
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just completed their remarks to our nation’s commanding military general and flag …
Pat Shipley Guest Columnists Oct. 10, 2025 12:47 pm71d ago
I don’t feel good. Mommy, my head and eyes and throat hurt. My forehead is hot? Don’t take my temperature! …
Natalie Goodner Guest Columnists Oct. 10, 2025 12:45 pm71d ago
Is there time for climate policies to be political? The evidence is there–melting glaciers, rising sea levels, intensifying extreme weather. …
Patty Judge
Guest Columnists Oct. 9, 2025 9:36 am72d ago
Gov. Gavin Newsom made news this week when he signed legislation to make E15, a fuel blend with 15% biofuel …
Jami Haberl and Ryan Crane
Guest Columnists Oct. 9, 2025 9:34 am72d ago
Mental health affects all Iowans, from big cities to rural farms. Unfortunately, as a state we are in a tough …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Oct. 7, 2025 10:41 am74d ago
Democrats and Republicans must end the government shutdown which is worsening the hunger crisis. Congress failed to reach agreement to …
Dr. Donald G Flory
Guest Columnists Oct. 7, 2025 10:38 am74d ago
I have practiced Family Medicine in Iowa for 45 years. I am adamantly opposed to Robert Kennedy, Jr. having any …
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