As someone who was a member of one of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Lean water quality and air …
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Bob Watson Guest Columnists Nov. 30, 2024 5:00 am433d ago
As someone who was a member of one of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Lean water quality and air …
Jim Schlott Guest Columnists Nov. 29, 2024 7:29 am434d ago
Guest Columnist | Jim Schlott It’s been an interesting post-election period. The Democratic nominee was defeated by arguably the most …
David V. Wendell
Guest Columnists Nov. 28, 2024 7:20 am435d ago
This year marks the 235th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving under Presidential Proclamation in the United States. In the first …
Barb Kalbach
Guest Columnists Nov. 27, 2024 5:00 am436d ago
With election behind us, I’m looking forward to the holidays and getting together with friends and family. It’s generally a …
Bruce Lear
Guest Columnists Nov. 26, 2024 7:08 pm436d ago
Some things are hard to predict. Why is my cellphone obsolete after a month? Which Hawkeye quarterback will play Saturday? Will the …
Norman Sherman
Guest Columnists Nov. 25, 2024 5:00 am438d ago
For almost four years, I have been a guest columnist here. It has been a wonderful ego trip, a new …
Kurt Ullrich Guest Columnists Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am439d ago
On Nov. 1 I was traveling on a two-lane blacktop along a ridge to the nearest town when Vic Damone …
J.D. Scholten Guest Columnists Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am439d ago
Two words that I never thought would go together are “tax” and “prom,” but when you combine Wall Street and …
Charles Connerly
Guest Columnists Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am439d ago
Dora Lee Martin was elected Miss SUI in 1955, but university leaders ignored her accomplishment and the international attention it drew
Jasmine Almoayyed
Guest Columnists Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am439d ago
In today’s rapidly changing economy, traditional pathways to education and employment are evolving, and Kirkwood Community College is at the …
John Hendrickson and Tom Sands
Guest Columnists Nov. 23, 2024 5:00 am440d ago
Iowa has been successful at income tax reform because it has balanced prudent budgeting with pro-growth tax rate reductions. In …
Tom Babbage
Guest Columnists Nov. 22, 2024 4:39 pm441d ago
Surviving witnesses of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 61 years ago today in Dallas, Texas, become fewer by …
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