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On a long vacation road trip years ago, with two young children squabbling in the back seat over some perceived …
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The incoming Biden Administration is stating they will engage US agriculture in an effort to fight climate change. This is …
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Janelle Lutgen The Iowa Legislature could have saved lives in 2020. However, for the second year in a row, they …
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Football brought me from the streets of Washington, D.C. to Minnesota and Iowa in the late 1960s. I often say …
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