By Chad Simmons —- Yesterday, I was looking in my closet and saw my hoodie. I purchased the hoodie because …
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By Chad Simmons —- Yesterday, I was looking in my closet and saw my hoodie. I purchased the hoodie because …
By Kevin Concannon —- Children need access to healthy food all year long, because good nutrition provides the sound foundation …
By Kurt Ullrich —- It was a brief stop in Arcadia, the only sounds were those coming from a steady …
By Jennifer Crull —- When you think about the federal farm bill, most of us think about helping “family farms,” …
By Rich Patterson —- Our Forest Service crew was tired after hours clearing fallen dead trees when the call came …
By Lisa Heddens —- On June 20, Gov. Terry Branstad signed several bills along several line-item vetoes. The vetoes for …
By Amanda Benedict —- I graduated from my undergraduate institution with $30,000 in student loan debt. My graduate school loans …
By Thomas Sass —- “All politics are local” may well be as true a statement about our political system that …
By Mark Lucas — The ethanol lobby has been raising a ruckus lately, blaming “Big Oil” for supposedly launching a …
By Nicholas Colangelo —- “Belief trumps evidence” is a phrase that seems suited for a car bumper. Unfortunately, it is …
By Tim Trenkle —- On the first day of summer, the front page of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald set a …
By Danny Homan —- When elected officials make decisions about spending public dollars, they reveal their priorities and values. Gov. …
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