It’s been three months since the derecho hit Cedar Rapids and we have not had one pickup for our tree …
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Carmen Kvarda Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2020 2:06 pm1923d ago
It’s been three months since the derecho hit Cedar Rapids and we have not had one pickup for our tree …
Mary Airy Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2020 2:06 pm1923d ago
After a long, hard-fought election, it’s time to look ahead to the next four years. There is no time to …
Mayor Terry Donahue
Letters to the Editor Nov. 13, 2020 1:57 pm1923d ago
Together, we face another critical juncture in this pandemic. Spread in our county is at an all-time high, health care …
Chad Cooper
Letters to the Editor Nov. 11, 2020 4:22 pm1925d ago
The Iowa Democratic Party has had a rough year. First, the bungling of last February’s caucuses, and now a dismal …
Diana Jackson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 10, 2020 3:58 pm1926d ago
It is a rare and precious gift when you can find a doctor who can see past mental health and …
Bob Hepker
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2020 6:38 pm1926d ago
I read the Nov. 4 Gazette Editorial ‘A plea for restraint” with great interest that quickly turned to disappointment and …
Dale Torpey
Letters to the Editor Nov. 9, 2020 6:02 pm1926d ago
Fourteen billion dollars! This is the amount of money spent by all candidates in all elections in the United States …
Amber Gustafson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:26 pm1930d ago
Iowa continues to set hospitalization and death records seven months into battling the COVID-19 pandemic. My heart breaks for the …
Robert Bowen
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:26 pm1930d ago
Yes, Mike Hlas, your comment in your article Nov. 1 did bug me. Our national anthem and our country’s flag …
Carole J. Martin
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1930d ago
Recently, the Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the 115th Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme …
Ruth McNeal
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1930d ago
Using a quote from an old movie is something that we should remember: ‘What makes this country great is not …
Lawrence Reiner
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1930d ago
Here are several priorities for everyone in this country to work for in order to ensure continued democracy: Eliminate, bypass …
Joel Snell
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1930d ago
Todd Dorman’s comment on bright-red Iowa making us another ‘fly over” state appears valid (‘Iowa is red, young professionals and …
Darryl Syverson
Letters to the Editor Nov. 6, 2020 4:25 pm1930d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked all of us to ‘double down” and be ‘part of the solution” by taking every …
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