A common lament following the Supreme Court’s decision returning the abortion matter to individual states was that it represented a …
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DC Larson Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2022 6:00 am1318d ago
A common lament following the Supreme Court’s decision returning the abortion matter to individual states was that it represented a …
Don Paulson Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2022 6:00 am1318d ago
Republican U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks is failing Iowans again. She has said she would not support recent proposals to deal …
Leon Schmidt
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2022 6:00 am1318d ago
Did you know? Out of 65 bills proposed in the House of Representatives through the end of April, Ashley Hinson …
Steve White
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2022 6:00 am1318d ago
Recently there has been discussion about removing editorial pages in newspapers around the country. I heartily vote in favor of …
Elwood Garlock
Letters to the Editor Jul. 10, 2022 6:00 am1318d ago
I am dismayed by the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA. With increasingly extreme weather events driven by …
Joel Wells
Letters to the Editor Jul. 9, 2022 6:30 am1319d ago
As the Jan. 6 Hearings have revealed, you were duped. Trump is a fraud. He made a fool of himself …
Terry Heller
Letters to the Editor Jul. 8, 2022 6:00 am1320d ago
Jay Kacena’s letter July 3 is a better than average example of one of the poisons mainlined into the body …
John Hernandez
Letters to the Editor Jul. 7, 2022 2:17 pm1320d ago
I cannot vote for Republicans as the current party stands. As I listen to supporters of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, …
Coral Dye
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2022 6:57 pm1321d ago
Last week the Women’s Paralympics National Sitting Volleyball team won the Dutch Tournament by defeating every team they competed against …
William Green
Letters to the Editor Jul. 5, 2022 3:51 pm1322d ago
Two scenarios: 1. A woman marries a man for money. Impatient at his good health delaying her expected inheritance, she …
Steve Zmolek
Letters to the Editor Jul. 5, 2022 8:26 am1323d ago
We have all witnessed the current commission spending tax dollars to see who caused the insurrection on Jan. 6. All …
Sarah Eikleberry
Letters to the Editor Jul. 5, 2022 8:26 am1323d ago
Public libraries are the vanguards of healthy communities. Outside of their physical holdings, they provide the public with critical information …
Warren McKenna
Letters to the Editor Jul. 5, 2022 8:25 am1323d ago
If the current war in Ukraine has taught us anything, it’s that energy security is national security. We’ve known it …
Mark Conzett
Letters to the Editor Jul. 5, 2022 5:45 am1323d ago
Combining business sense with common sense is the foundation upon which Mark Banowetz has built his campaign. Mark is running …
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