Why do people in authority positions tend to think they’re above the law; or think their prejudicial practices go unnoticed …
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Becky Ehlts Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 6:00 am849d ago
Why do people in authority positions tend to think they’re above the law; or think their prejudicial practices go unnoticed …
Betty Kohout Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 6:00 am849d ago
Reading that they are using facial recognition at TSA checks at airports. How is this going to work for people …
Dwight Baldwin
Letters to the Editor Aug. 20, 2023 12:00 am849d ago
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) detrimentally impact our rural towns and health care systems. As a lifelong resident of a rural …
David Duer
Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2023 6:00 am851d ago
This past week, a three-year-old child died en route to Chicago on a bus chartered as part of Operation Lone …
Karen Carlton
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2023 9:20 am852d ago
To any person wanting to ban books, I would ask if you have read the entire book and understood the …
Vanessa Renaud Laura Thomas
Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2023 9:21 am853d ago
We are writing on behalf of the Linn-Mar Coalition for Public Schools, a volunteer, grassroots organization of families and neighbors …
Mary Swan
Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2023 6:00 am853d ago
I was shocked by Arleigh Clemens’ letter in the July 30 Gazette calling Norman Sherman a “light head” who publishes …
Sara McDermott
Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2023 6:00 am853d ago
Make sweet corn sweeter? Seriously? Why? It’s perfect the way it is — dripping with butter and salted like there’s …
Kathy Burnes
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2023 6:00 am856d ago
Interesting article on the school board plans in the Aug. 1 Gazette. It was nonsense. The best part was the …
Jo Pearson
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2023 6:00 am856d ago
Thanks to state Rep. Skyler Wheeler for clarifying the confusion school districts are experiencing about which books to remove: “This …
Brandi Doonan
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2023 6:00 am856d ago
I would like to express my support for the Manatee Protection in Florida. My family and I live in the …
David Sheets
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2023 6:00 am856d ago
Joe Biden, fourth in the 2020 Iowa caucuses, likely will face Donald Trump, second in the 2016 Iowa caucuses, in …
Diane Allen Cindy Parsons
Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2023 6:00 am859d ago
On behalf of Project GREEN, we thank the gardeners, volunteers, business sponsors, and the many gardeners and friends who came …
Jay Stolba
Letters to the Editor Aug. 9, 2023 7:15 am860d ago
I found the July 2 editorial by Althea Cole (“Iowa families ready, eager for Education Savings Accounts) a bit off …
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