I have a solution to our current partisan divide. With the government narrowly avoiding another shutdown again over the border …
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Ben Frambach Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
I have a solution to our current partisan divide. With the government narrowly avoiding another shutdown again over the border …
Neale LeMense Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
Each time as I am refueling my vehicle at the gasoline pump, I notice persons who are performing dangerous refueling …
Tarrill Abney
Letters to the Editor Feb. 17, 2019 5:00 am2501d ago
State Rep. Ashley Hinson has let down the families of Iowa by failing to prioritize education. She voted for a …
Robert Anthony
Letters to the Editor Feb. 16, 2019 5:00 am2502d ago
The middle in United States politics and the economy is shrinking. In politics, the two parties are gradually abandoning the …
Joel Wells
Letters to the Editor Feb. 20, 2019 7:43 am2497d ago
Donald Trump’s wall is touted as the only possible solution to illegal immigration. It is not. Illegal immigration is the …
Carolyn Moen
Letters to the Editor Feb. 20, 2019 7:42 am2497d ago
Isn’t it ironic the national debt went from $9 to nearly $20 trillion under the Obama administration, and yet Democrats …
Camryn Carpenter
Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2019 5:00 am2504d ago
The Green New Deal has sparked conversations in Washington surrounding ways we need to address Climate Change. What gets included …
Velma Vogel
Letters to the Editor Feb. 14, 2019 5:00 am2504d ago
I’m writing because I want all people to know there is a Veterans Home in Marshalltown. There are about 500 …
Jackie Pollock
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2019 11:14 am2504d ago
I believe the roundabout at the intersection of Johnson Avenue N.W. and Wiley Blvd N.W. is extremely dangerous. It is …
Sam McCrory
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2019 11:13 am2504d ago
Throughout childhood my grandmother constantly reminded me that one day I would be the owner of a large-acreage farm in …
Jason Snell
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2019 11:13 am2504d ago
Imagine if your natural gas and electricity went out in the middle of recent subzero temperatures? Imagine the whole region …
Carolyn Stephenson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 13, 2019 5:00 am2505d ago
The founders of this country had the experience and wisdom to create a system with a separation of powers, knowing …
Mike Maschmann
Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2019 10:41 am2505d ago
The news in Des Moines reads as follows: First, Senate Republicans settle sexual harassment suit. Second, Bill Dix, formerly a …
Tracy Anderson
Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2019 10:40 am2505d ago
Regarding the guest column by Richardt Cherwitz (‘Compromise requires a face-saving environment,” Feb. 2). Above all, compromise requires that we …
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