The COVID-19 pandemic has caused childhood hunger to soar to record-level highs, with 1 in 5 children in Iowa facing …
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Kevin Scharpf Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1887d ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused childhood hunger to soar to record-level highs, with 1 in 5 children in Iowa facing …
Paul Venaglia Letters to the Editor Dec. 19, 2020 12:00 am1887d ago
I would like to thank Attorney General Tom Miller for helping Iowa maintain a modicum of difference from deep southern …
Jim Glasson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2020 1:27 pm1888d ago
Kudos to Rita Hart! Iowans deserve an accurate ballot count for U.S. House District 2. While an initial recount examined …
Patrick Muller
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2020 1:26 pm1888d ago
Just add water. For me, a work of art is raw material until it engages individuals and communities and sustains …
Brian Franz
Letters to the Editor Dec. 18, 2020 1:25 pm1888d ago
For Iowa State alumni football fans these are the good old days. Cyclone football has never been this good. But …
Dr. JoLynn Glanzer
Letters to the Editor Dec. 17, 2020 5:09 pm1888d ago
The pandemic and the contentious election seem to have left the power mongers without common sense and decency. Common sense …
Bob and Sue Dvorsky
Letters to the Editor Dec. 16, 2020 4:43 pm1889d ago
We live and vote in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. We aren’t lawyers, and we aren’t politicians anymore. We’ve tried to …
Meg Norris
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1891d ago
Do yourself a favor this holiday season and take a drive in downtown Cedar Rapids at night for an instant …
Gregory Steckel
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1891d ago
I found myself wondering Nov. 3 if my vote was counted. Could I have made a small mistake or by …
Jordan Mott
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1891d ago
The DNR’s 2020 Impaired Waters List was released last week. It shows that one of Iowa’s biggest sources of water …
Anne K. Deupree
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:54 pm1891d ago
I want the voters of the 2nd District to choose our representative in Congress, but Rita Hart disagrees. She wants …
Jo Dillon
Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2020 5:09 pm1891d ago
Unfortunately, most of the noise in our lives lately has been related to politics. We hope some of the idiocy …
Ed Wasserman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2020 2:40 pm1895d ago
Give Donald Trump credit for calling attention to the most flagrant fraud of the 2020 presidential election. But, contrary to …
Abby Huff
Letters to the Editor Dec. 10, 2020 4:02 pm1895d ago
All over the country small businesses are in crisis. Main Street America works with over 1,000 Main Street Communities of …
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