My brother, a U.S. Army Veteran, died recently. He was laid to rest with full military honors, including a 21-gun …
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Ruth D. Spieker Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 7:28 pm1842d ago
My brother, a U.S. Army Veteran, died recently. He was laid to rest with full military honors, including a 21-gun …
Paul Deaton Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 7:28 pm1842d ago
The Federal Contested Election Act of 1969 is the statutory basis, designed by the Congress, to resolve election disputes like …
Terese Grant
Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 7:28 pm1842d ago
As a former educator, I am very concerned about our pubic schools due to the lack of sufficient funding provided …
Kamyar Enshayan
Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 7:28 pm1842d ago
Right after the floods of 2008 (I was serving on the Cedar Falls City Council then), a large group of …
Jim Berger Jr.
Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 7:28 pm1842d ago
I have suggested/invited some of our state representatives, via their websites, to have town hall meetings to discuss several topics. …
Patricia Barrance
Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 3:08 pm1842d ago
What do Republicans have against Iowa women? They rant on about ‘preserving life” while unwanted pregnancies and abortions could be …
Georgie Klevar
Letters to the Editor Feb. 1, 2021 3:08 pm1842d ago
Here we go again. Once again our governor and Republican legislators want to take public tax moneys from public schools …
Sonia Ettinger
Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2021 4:50 pm1846d ago
Those who are chanting ‘Not my president” could try taking a moment to reevaluate. Elections always intend to declare a …
Paul Crawford
Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2021 12:00 am1847d ago
In recent comments, Sen. Joni Ernst said, ‘I am hopeful we can work together with President Joe Biden … in …
Tim Bickel
Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2021 12:00 am1847d ago
Should 75 million Trump supporters understand our new government’s ‘Unity and Healing” to mean believing Donald Trump incited Capitol riots …
Bev Philpott
Letters to the Editor Jan. 28, 2021 12:00 am1847d ago
COVID-19 vaccine group 1B includes ‘government officials and staff engaged in state business at the Iowa Capitol during the legislative …
Mary L Burke
Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2021 3:51 pm1847d ago
It’s time to address the elephant in the room, or maybe the missing elephant in the room. On Jan. 23, …
Garry Klein
Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2021 3:50 pm1847d ago
Reading that Gov. Kim Reynolds stated that access to the COVID-19 vaccination is going to be widened to 660,000 Iowans …
Nancy Sauerman
Letters to the Editor Jan. 27, 2021 3:47 pm1847d ago
No one should plan for, invite crowds and then incite insurrection. But Donald Trump did. The House impeached him for …
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