Back in college my typography professor once told me that “The greatest thing in the world is the alphabet. In …
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Robert Naujoks Letters to the Editor May. 6, 2022 6:30 am1383d ago
Back in college my typography professor once told me that “The greatest thing in the world is the alphabet. In …
Cathy Meyer Letters to the Editor May. 5, 2022 6:30 am1384d ago
Friday, May 6 is Childcare Provider Appreciation Day. It isn’t a national day off work holiday, but it is a …
Marci Roe
Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2022 8:34 am1385d ago
On June 7, Republican voters will go to the polls to select a candidate to represent the Republican Party for …
Fr. Ivan Nienhaus
Letters to the Editor May. 4, 2022 6:30 am1385d ago
In 2010, I became Pastor of St. Patrick Church in Cedar Rapids. Our parish restored the landmark church complex, devastated …
Shirley Burnett
Letters to the Editor May. 2, 2022 6:15 am1387d ago
Evidently the Republicans in the states that have revised voting rights to make it more difficult to vote don’t have …
Berleen Wobeter
Letters to the Editor May. 2, 2022 6:00 am1387d ago
Dear Gov. Kim Reynolds: You are stressing us out in rural Iowa! You and the Iowa code offer no real …
Habib Saba
Letters to the Editor May. 2, 2022 5:45 am1387d ago
I’m beyond excited to support Molly Donahue for state Senate District 37. She is an example of what leadership is …
Fritz Groszkruger
Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2022 5:45 am1388d ago
I appreciated Kim Hagemann’s recent column exposing the bad side of ethanol (“Crops are for food, not fuel” April 20) …
Gretchen Reeh-Robinson
Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2022 5:30 am1388d ago
Thank you for Kim Hagemann’s column, “Crops are for food, not fuel” on April 20. This message seems obvious but …
Fred Hubler
Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2022 5:15 am1388d ago
Advocates of renewable energy have tried to sell the problem of intermittency as a virtue of flexibility while wanting us …
Dina Bishara, Jessie Witherell, Heidi Pierce
Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2022 5:15 am1388d ago
It was great to see autism acceptance front and center in the April 18 issue of the Kids Gazette section- …
Mike Moran
Letters to the Editor May. 1, 2022 5:00 am1388d ago
I want to thank the people the city and state have engaged in litter control this spring. They’re very appreciated, …
Tom Martin
Letters to the Editor Apr. 30, 2022 6:30 am1389d ago
In his April 26 column, Matthew Whitaker, former acting AG in the Trump administration and past resident of Iowa, stated …
David Leshtz
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2022 6:30 am1390d ago
With the planned closing of Glenwood Resource Center, Iowa finally has the chance to do right by its most severely …
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