This week, Eastern Iowa Health Center (EIHC) is celebrating National Health Center Week 2025 and is emphasizing the lifesaving and …
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Joe Lock Guest Columnists Aug. 19, 2025 5:00 am171d ago
This week, Eastern Iowa Health Center (EIHC) is celebrating National Health Center Week 2025 and is emphasizing the lifesaving and …
Kamel Aossey Guest Columnists Aug. 19, 2025 5:00 am171d ago
Since the Biden administration completely accepted Israel’s war propaganda that Hamas was always the target to eliminate, almost two years …
Michelle Beisker
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Aug. 10, 2020, was a day that changed Cedar Rapids forever. In less than an hour, a devastating derecho destroyed …
Kurt Ullrich
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The yipping, keening, barking, and howling of coyotes at night is well known to me, so I was quite alarmed …
Bruce Lear
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Teaching is hard. Most parents learned that quickly during COVID when forced to be substitute teachers around kitchen tables. Some …
Karla Twedt-Ball
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Aug. 17 is National Nonprofit Day — a day to recognize and appreciate the vital role nonprofits play in our …
Jonas Magram Guest Columnists Aug. 15, 2025 9:44 am174d ago
I may not fit the conventional definition of a Christian, but I love Jesus — and I strive to live …
Shelton Stromquist Guest Columnists Aug. 15, 2025 8:55 am174d ago
Did Iowans choose to lose their history? Probably not. But that is what is happening in their name. With the …
DC Larson
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Some of the most instructive and entertaining videos accessible online are ones presenting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s campus …
Terri Hale and Amy Johnson
Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am180d ago
Award winning filmmaker Ken Burns has called public broadcasting the “Declaration of Independence applied to communications.” Acclaimed travel writer Rick …
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Guest Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am180d ago
On Independence Day, as Americans were celebrating our nation’s 249th birthday with fireworks, barbecues, and road trips, President Donald Trump …
Rita Hart
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The lack of affordable and accessible child care costs Iowa about $1.1 billion a year in lost earnings and tax revenue
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