Long-term care Residents deserve honor, respect, happiness, and the most comfortable, healthy life possible. Sadly, many are not experiencing this. …
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Verna Boland Letters to the Editor Sep. 23, 2022 6:00 am1243d ago
Long-term care Residents deserve honor, respect, happiness, and the most comfortable, healthy life possible. Sadly, many are not experiencing this. …
Kris Kesterson Letters to the Editor Sep. 22, 2022 6:00 am1244d ago
As a supporter of Brad Sherman for Iowa House District 91, I would like to say how encouraging it is …
Arlie Willems
Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2022 6:00 am1245d ago
The proposed amendment to the Iowa Constitution, labeled “The Right to Keep and Bear Arms,” is deceptively packaged. The proposal …
Ron Wheeler
Letters to the Editor Sep. 21, 2022 6:00 am1245d ago
Ashley Hinson has definitely proven herself in her first term in Congress, never failing to put Iowans first. She knows …
Kurt Rogahn
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2022 6:00 am1246d ago
Hours before a pro-Trump mob overran the Capitol, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, then Senate president pro tempore, made a cryptic …
Wayne Engle
Letters to the Editor Sep. 20, 2022 6:00 am1246d ago
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson is attempting to label Liz Mathis as liberal. It is the same play from the political …
Tim Bickel
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2022 6:00 am1247d ago
The FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, two failed impeachment efforts, Big Tech social media censorship of the Biden family’s financial collusion …
Nancy Henkenius
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2022 6:00 am1247d ago
Having grown up in northeast Iowa watching Liz Mathis every night on the news, it brought back happy memories to …
Carolyn Petersen
Letters to the Editor Sep. 19, 2022 4:18 pm1246d ago
Some solar panels are considered hazardous; others are not. The Linn County Board of Supervisors refuses to require utility solar …
Dave Ameling
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2022 7:00 am1248d ago
Counties begin mailing out requested, mail-in ballots on October 19. They must be returned to the County by 8PM, November …
David Helman
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2022 7:00 am1248d ago
Chuck Grassley works, all right. He’s on overtime in his attack on three star Admiral Michael Franken, Grassley’s challenger for …
Matt Brandt
Letters to the Editor Sep. 18, 2022 7:00 am1248d ago
So, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson supports veterans? She also supports Donald Trump, who reportedly referred to American soldiers killed during …
Don Paulson
Letters to the Editor Sep. 17, 2022 7:00 am1249d ago
Soon voters in Iowa’s 1st District will decide who will fill our U.S. Senate seat and U.S. House seat. Sen. …
Richard Zehrbach
Letters to the Editor Sep. 16, 2022 6:00 am1250d ago
Sen. Chuck Grassley is 89 on Sept. 17. Older than most residents in senior centers. Few remember his first major …
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