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By Clark Rieke —- I am very curious and I love to learn. I have had a lucky and interesting …
By Alan Modracek — I’ve spent all my life in Cedar Rapids except for six years serving our country in …
By Tim Trenkle — Makiah Cooper opened the barbershop in the Washington Street neighborhood by the traffic light, across the …
By Ken Sagar —- It’s no secret – many hardworking Iowa families are struggling. That is why it is so …
By Bob Hebl —- It was less than 50 years ago when the plight of tens of thousands of people with …
By Mark S. Edwards —– Why don’t I kill as many critters as I can? I mean a massacre. Call …
By Joe Stutler —- Dear Barilla US: I went shopping recently to purchase the ingredients needed for a personal chefing job. …
By Dennis Lamb —– “It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.” – …
By Tom Rocklin and Matt Hayek —— On Nov. 5 Iowa City voters will choose, once again, between a safer, …
By John Kiser —- What does a historical commemoration in Lyon, France, have in common with an essay contest in …
By Matthew Loeb —– She had it. That magnetism that attracted family members and friends. My aunts and uncles teasingly …
By Sara McDermott —– What if all the newspapers went away? What if Dear Abby didn’t write back and Dagwood …
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