DUBUQUE – She uses the name Franci (pronounced Frankie) because, well, maybe her given name of Francine doesn’t sit as …
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Kurt Ullrich, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 7, 2017 1:00 am3203d ago
DUBUQUE – She uses the name Franci (pronounced Frankie) because, well, maybe her given name of Francine doesn’t sit as …
Chris Scheldrup, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 7, 2017 1:00 am3203d ago
The failure of Congress to address the shortcomings of the ACA and the carnage that is nearly certain to occur …
The Rev. Rudolph T. Juárez, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 6, 2017 1:00 am3204d ago
The late great Monsignor Marv Mottet, an Ottumwa native and former director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (the …
Monique Kluczykowski, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 6, 2017 1:00 am3204d ago
Morkies. Doxie-poos. Puggles. Chorkies. ‘Designer” dogs are all the rage – every week a new combo dog is birthed into …
Katy Kramer Lee and Cheryl Plotz, guest columnists
Guest Columnists May. 5, 2017 3:44 pm3204d ago
When media report about counselors who respond to a tragic event impacting a school, it’s often our team to which …
Gov. Terry Branstad, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 5, 2017 4:56 pm3204d ago
Appointing Iowans to our State Boards and Commissions is a humbling responsibility. As Governor of this state, it’s a responsibility …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists May. 5, 2017 11:11 am3204d ago
The last-minute medical marijuana compromise in the final hours of the 2017 Iowa Legislature put some lawmakers in a peculiar …
Lawrence Wenclawski, guest columnist Guest Columnists May. 5, 2017 11:11 am3204d ago
With the change in weather from winter to spring comes the start of garage sale season, the season where people …
James A. Albert, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 3, 2017 1:41 pm3206d ago
The law of Iowa is definite: when Lt. Governor Reynolds succeeds to the Governorship, she has the statutory power to …
Casey Prince, Scott Olson and Craig Byers, guest columnists
Guest Columnists May. 3, 2017 1:00 am3207d ago
Why are people moving downtown? Proximity to local dining options and arts and culture venues are a few reasons there …
Bill Divis, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 2, 2017 4:04 pm3207d ago
CommonBond Communities of Minnesota is back with the same bad idea of the Crestwood Ridge, mixed income apartments, on the …
Richard Rozinek, guest columnist
Guest Columnists May. 2, 2017 10:29 am3207d ago
I must respond to the article in the April 12 Gazette titled ‘Developments Denied”. All I can say to the …
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