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Jennifer Buck Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2022 6:00 am1219d ago
I like having access to inexpensive, reliable electric power, especially during hot summers. We lost the Duane Arnold Nuclear Power …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2022 6:00 am1220d ago
Recently, I have been reflecting on my journey from my time in service to full-time business owner traveling the state …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 17, 2022 6:00 am1220d ago
On last Wednesday’s editorial page Cal Thomas called for the burial of the public school system. His main argument was …
Nancy Sauerman
Letters to the Editor Aug. 16, 2022 6:00 am1221d ago
Since the FBI search for sensitive, classified documents at Mar-a Lago, Sen. Chuck Grassley has been criticizing the FBI, the …
Torri Freese
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 am1223d ago
As a mom of two boys, Ashley Hinson has fought long and hard to ensure that schools offer an in-person …
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2022 6:45 am1223d ago
While Reps. Ashley Hinson, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Randy Feenstra, and Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley all vociferously demand transparency and …
Niles Ross
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2022 6:30 am1223d ago
Perform abortions using religious and conscience exemptions. Various religious hospitals didn’t perform abortions, even when they were legal. Various religious …
Kyran Cook
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2022 6:15 am1223d ago
Curious why not one Republican voted for the inflation reduction bill recently negotiated by Sens. Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin, …
Tim Bren
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2022 6:00 am1223d ago
The only rule you need to follow when you are approaching, or within, or exiting a roundabout is to yield …
Betty Kohout
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2022 7:30 am1224d ago
When the Jan. 6 hearings started, Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst claimed she wasn’t listening to the hearings and was …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2022 7:00 am1224d ago
Even before the Kansas vote, Iowa’s “pro-life” Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds could have stopped all abortions in our state by …
Marjorie Carson Zach
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2022 6:00 am1225d ago
Let’s welcome solar to Linn County! I’ve been a resident of Linn County for 60 years. I’ve always hoped to …
Mark Conzett
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2022 6:00 am1226d ago
“Wake up and smell the coffee.” How many times have we heard this phrase in reference to someone needing to …
Bernie Hayes
Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2022 8:45 am1227d ago
Kansans were asked the wrong question. It’s the same question that the 1973 Supreme Court failed to address in its …
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