Recently, the Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) released statewide Catholic school enrollment statistics for this school year (2024-2025). That data clearly …
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Chris McCarville Guest Columnists Jan. 26, 2025 5:00 am376d ago
Recently, the Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC) released statewide Catholic school enrollment statistics for this school year (2024-2025). That data clearly …
Tim Trenkle Guest Columnists Jan. 26, 2025 5:00 am376d ago
The news reports the poor are falling. The distance between a poor man and a wealthy man looks as if …
Bob Watson
Guest Columnists Jan. 23, 2025 6:26 am379d ago
As a former combat Marine, and a disabled Vietnam Veteran, I am very disappointed and disturbed with the ongoing immoral …
Brian Daugherty
Guest Columnists Jan. 22, 2025 10:59 am380d ago
The Inter-Religious Council of Linn County does not endorse political candidates and is not involved in partisan politics. It does, …
Tracy Ehlert
Guest Columnists Jan. 22, 2025 10:55 am380d ago
What started as a misquote (“Child care and preschool are not the same,” Dec. 28) turned into an opportunity for …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Jan. 21, 2025 6:35 am381d ago
A hotel manager, overwhelmed with guests’ complaints about slow elevators, turned to elevator companies for expertise. The experts tweaked the …
David V. Wendell Guest Columnists Jan. 19, 2025 5:00 am383d ago
This month marks the anniversary of the debut of Dr. Max, soon joined by Mombo, on Eastern Iowa television
Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Jan. 19, 2025 5:00 am383d ago
In 1965 I went to a movie theatre in the small town of my growing so that I could watch …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Jan. 19, 2025 5:00 am383d ago
Often when a politician gives a speech it’s what’s not said that speaks volumes. The details left out are as important …
John Hendrickson and Vance Ginn
Guest Columnists Jan. 19, 2025 5:00 am383d ago
Property taxes are crushing taxpayers nationwide, and Iowa is no exception. In the past two decades, Iowa’s property taxes have …
Murray Williams
Guest Columnists Jan. 18, 2025 4:45 am384d ago
In 1925, there were only 48 states. The first television transmitter was being invented. Movies had no sound. And there …
Ray Thys
Guest Columnists Jan. 17, 2025 3:01 pm385d ago
I am currently President of the Spring Creeks Chapter of Trout Unlimited and I have been seeing over the past …
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