RURAL AMERICA – So, I’m sitting at a table for four in a lovely Italian restaurant, a place owned by …
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Kurt Ullrich, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 30, 2017 11:30 am2806d ago
RURAL AMERICA – So, I’m sitting at a table for four in a lovely Italian restaurant, a place owned by …
Dawn Brouwers, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 28, 2017 6:00 am2808d ago
Anxiety and speculation surrounding access to health care in our country is constant. At His Hands Free Clinic, we see …
Paul Deaton, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 27, 2017 7:00 am2809d ago
The City of Solon acted as a good neighbor on Dec. 20 when its city council voted 4-1 to provide …
Drew Klein and Jonathan Williams, guest columnists
Guest Columnists Dec. 27, 2017 2:00 am2809d ago
Iowa legislators say that tax reform will be a top priority in 2018 – welcome news for a state that …
James McCoy, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 26, 2017 5:00 am2810d ago
Promoting economic growth is a concern across the country. Communities have organizations in place whose main function is to pursue …
Carroll McKibbin, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 25, 2017 6:30 pm2810d ago
As the 1944 football season faded into history and Christmas approached, it wasn’t visions of sugarplums that danced in my …
Guest Columnist David tucker and Sarah Morgan Smith Guest Columnists Dec. 25, 2017 7:12 am2811d ago
More than 90 percent of Americans celebrate either Christmas or Hanukkah. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland …
Bill Mefford, guest columnist Guest Columnists Dec. 24, 2017 10:00 am2812d ago
The story of Jesus’ birth and how his wandering family finally found refuge in a barn, among animals and gathering …
Douglas Burns, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 23, 2017 11:00 am2813d ago
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley asked me to stay with him on a recent media conference call last to talk after …
George Ramsey, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 19, 2017 10:00 am2817d ago
An open letter to Iowa 4th District U.S. Rep. Steve King. Rep. King, in a recent tweet now heard around …
Rena Conti, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 18, 2017 6:00 am2818d ago
The 340B drug discount program has taken on a life of its own. This invaluable health care program, originally created …
Aaron Lehman, guest columnist
Guest Columnists Dec. 17, 2017 7:00 am2819d ago
The partisan political hierarchy in Washington are abuzz about tax reform. Yet for those of us outside of the nation’s …
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