I was sorely dismayed on Sunday, Aug. 20, to read The Gazette and look for my favorite article in the …
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Patricia Martin Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2023 6:00 am842d ago
I was sorely dismayed on Sunday, Aug. 20, to read The Gazette and look for my favorite article in the …
Nancy Sauerman Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2023 6:00 am842d ago
While walking on my street, Memorial Drive Speedway (south of Mount Vernon Road), I was thinking that when the city …
Steve Springer
Letters to the Editor Aug. 27, 2023 5:00 am842d ago
Senate File 496 requires books in public schools be “age appropriate.” I find this legislation particularly offensive. What books young …
RC Eichacker
Letters to the Editor Aug. 25, 2023 6:00 am844d ago
What if … on Jan. 6, 2021, a certain Secret Service officer, driving the big black SUV, would have stopped …
Barbara Paulding
Letters to the Editor Aug. 24, 2023 6:00 am845d ago
I’m confused. Mr. Trump and his Republican acolytes keep telling everyone that the reason he is being indicted is because …
Gordie Felger
Letters to the Editor Aug. 23, 2023 6:00 am846d ago
We like to say we’re “Iowa Nice” because of our Midwestern hospitality, down-to-earth values, and sense of community. I first …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 22, 2023 2:38 pm847d ago
After reading Mike Hlas’s column in the Aug. 17, Gazette (“Bissinger blasts Mason City schools’ ban of his ‘Friday Night …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2023 11:23 am848d ago
Many of Donald Trump’s strongest Iowa supporters (especially evangelicals) say they’re for him because he “kept his promises.” Let’s look …
Gretchen Reeh-Robinson
Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2023 11:23 am848d ago
Among all the recent news … Aug. 12, 6A, “Nineteen books pulled from Mason City school libraries” is a bomb …
Frank Olsen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 21, 2023 8:45 am848d ago
The Gazette’s weekly series “Nature’s Alarm” is a timely wake-up call for all of us. As the articles point out, …
Patti Jakoubek
Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 6:00 am849d ago
When will The Gazette remove the unfunny panel “Working it Out” from the comics page? On Aug. 11, not only …
Scott Grau
Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 6:00 am849d ago
Now that the arranged plea deal between Hunter Biden and the Justice Department has collapsed and a special prosecutor is …
Linda Skvor
Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 6:00 am849d ago
I was taken aback when I read the guest column about the rabbit scramble that has taken place at the …
Thomas Cook
Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 6:00 am849d ago
After three years, I was pleased that Congresswoman Miller-Meeks finally held a town hall session in Johnson County. Unfortunately, it …
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