Drive a rural Iowa highway at 3 a.m. and you can go for miles without seeing another vehicle. All those …
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Qi Luo Guest Columnists Feb. 9, 2025 5:00 am269d ago
Drive a rural Iowa highway at 3 a.m. and you can go for miles without seeing another vehicle. All those …
Marie Garceau Guest Columnists Feb. 9, 2025 5:00 am269d ago
Romantic relationships are complex, transformative, and often deeply rewarding. They bring joy, connection, and growth but also come with challenges. …
William Lambers
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Shutting down the The U.S. Agency for International Development and its efforts to feed the hungry is a massive mistake
Kurt Ullrich
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As I write this a couple of deer are at my salt lick out back and two more are grazing …
Bruce Lear
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In the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams,” the most iconic scene was when a ghost player asks, “Is this Heaven?” …
Nate Ristow
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Since its formation in 1935, the Iowa Taxpayers Association’s (ITA) mission has been to educate and inform Iowans about sound …
Clay Rhodes Guest Columnists Feb. 4, 2025 6:53 am274d ago
There are more than 50,000 job openings in the state of Iowa today. Yet only about two in three able-bodied …
Chris Jones Guest Columnists Feb. 2, 2025 5:00 am276d ago
Linn County Public Health Director Pramod Dwivedi wrote on Jan. 26 that the link between alcohol and cancer is a …
Linda Langston
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FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) was created in 1979 to coordinate the response to disasters that overwhelm the resources …
Rachel Zimmermann Smith
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Every crime has a victim. As the Johnson County Attorney, one of my most important jobs is to hold perpetrators …
Rich Patterson
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Following my Dad’s death I inherited a plastic bin stuffed with papers passed down by my ancestors. In it I …
Patricia Patnode
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An education bill ( HSB 30 ), currently sitting in a Iowa House committee, would add an additional graduation requirement …
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