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Dwight Jensen, Bill Hedlund, Martin Jensen Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2018 6:00 am2747d ago
As surviving members of the staff of Iowa Gov. Harold E. Hughes in the 1960s, we have read with interest …
Tim O’Brien Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2018 6:00 am2748d ago
Your reward will come in the afterlife, they said. Wait until marriage, they said. Give Trump’s tariffs some time, they …
Loyal Leitgen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2018 6:00 am2748d ago
Iowa farmers have always faced serious problems dealing with agricultural trade but things have turned worse. China is not likely …
Larry Hodgden
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2018 6:00 am2748d ago
‘Don’t believe what you read or hear” unless, of course, it comes from me. This could have come from George …
Terry Pitts
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2018 6:00 am2748d ago
In the Aug. 9 Gazette, the headline on the top of page 9A proclaims in bold type: Blame the environmentalists. …
Hal Dendurent
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2018 3:51 pm2749d ago
Do I Trust the FBI? Yes, I do – always have. The FBI is the premier law enforcement agency in …
Mary A. Craig
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2018 6:00 am2749d ago
I think it is rather suspicious that a section of the street in front of St Jude’s Church was recently …
Rebecca Stonawski
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2018 6:00 am2749d ago
A concerned election official, Carolyn Sternowski, voiced her thoughts in a recent letter (‘There’s a reason for lack of poll …
Stacey Andersen
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2018 6:00 am2749d ago
I am a native of Iowa, born and raised here. Twenty-one years ago I was a single mother of two. …
Rep. Louis J. Zumbach
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2018 6:00 am2749d ago
On July 27, NextEra Energy and Alliant Energy announced they would be severing their energy agreement five years early with …
Glenn Freeman
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2018 6:00 am2750d ago
Mary Lou Pazour suggests that President Donald Trump’s dealings with Vladimir Putin simply are an example of the well-known strategy …
Kate Revaux
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2018 6:00 am2750d ago
Regarding Adam Sullivan’s Aug. 5 column ‘Something missing in Supreme Court fervor” on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court: …
Deb McMahon
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2018 6:00 am2750d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds once again has decided to squelch any resistance to the privatization of Medicaid by refusing to keep …
Betsy Brown
Letters to the Editor Aug. 10, 2018 11:26 am2751d ago
Several weeks ago I attended the Linn County Fair in Central City. I noticed in the advertising leading up to …
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