School funding isn’t a topic that likely stirred many lively discussions around the holiday dinner table. But as the 2023 …
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Guest Columnists Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am1133d ago
School funding isn’t a topic that likely stirred many lively discussions around the holiday dinner table. But as the 2023 …
Tiffany O'Donnell Guest Columnists Jan. 1, 2023 7:00 am1133d ago
Several high-impact quality-of-life projects will move forward in coming year
Alicia Faust
Guest Columnists Dec. 30, 2022 6:00 am1135d ago
Heading into 2023, Willis Dady Homeless Services recognizes that there is no lack of challenges for the social service agencies …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Dec. 30, 2022 6:00 am1135d ago
In just over a week the Iowa Legislature will convene still glowing from holiday cheer. While that spirit is fresh …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Dec. 28, 2022 6:00 am1137d ago
Too often, following a series like Erin Jordan’s reports on the Marengo explosion and fire, a school shooting, or events …
John Hendrickson
Guest Columnists Dec. 27, 2022 6:00 am1138d ago
Iowa taxpayers will start seeing income tax relief in just a few weeks as a result of the historic tax …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Dec. 26, 2022 6:00 am1139d ago
I spoke recently with a retired Episcopal priest who I’ve known since she was in college. I asked her what …
Tim Trenkle Guest Columnists Dec. 25, 2022 6:00 am1140d ago
At the end of his Christmas letter to grandmother during World War II my dad wrote, “We just finished a …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Dec. 25, 2022 6:00 am1140d ago
A recent email from a friend was short and simple. “I hope you had a peasant Thanksgiving.” Amazing what a …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists Dec. 25, 2022 6:00 am1140d ago
Having not found any large venues in the corridor region of Eastern Iowa hosting performances of Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, this …
William Lambers
Guest Columnists Dec. 24, 2022 7:00 am1141d ago
When Herbert Hoover and Gen. John J. Pershing got together for dinner during the holidays of 1920, they could have …
Concerned local residents
Guest Columnists Dec. 22, 2022 5:30 pm1143d ago
How close to our schools, nursing homes, churches, businesses, and homes should Wolf run their CO2 pipelines? It is not …
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