School administrators need to have the backs of teachers. Parents should be listened to, but so should teachers and the experts in a particular field.
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School administrators need to have the backs of teachers. Parents should be listened to, but so should teachers and the experts in a particular field.
All efforts should be made to conserve existing land for the wisest uses
My dream was big, but quickly the reality caught me. ... Then I discovered Catherine McAuley Center in Cedar Rapids.
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I wish legislators in Des Moines and Washington had been at my side many years ago. I experienced a back-alley abortion as much as a man can.
Regular people with 9-to-5 jobs who built their lives and pay taxes in rural Linn County are scrambling for time to understand what’s happening to their land and communities
I’ve seen this cat for the past year or two, hunting mice in the field in front of my house, …
If these numbers are accurate this will cause shock waves throughout the local housing market and will continue the upward pressure on rents and home sale prices. How did we get here?
Life is vastly different on Iowa farms in the 21st century. Farms are much larger and often specialize in grain production. Livestock is raised on “factory farms.”
A lifelong friend we’ll call “Ralph” told me his father always asked, upon Ralph’s return from school, “Did they teach …
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