President Donald Trump has been assailing the Justice Department and the FBI for months over the Mueller investigation. His motives …
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Hal Dendurent Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2018 6:00 am2812d ago
President Donald Trump has been assailing the Justice Department and the FBI for months over the Mueller investigation. His motives …
David Mayer Gradwohl Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2018 6:00 am2812d ago
Shame on U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst for voting to confirm Gina Haspel as CIA director. Haspel oversaw …
Nancy Eldridge
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2018 6:00 am2812d ago
You can live in a town; you can live in the country. You can own a home or a condo …
Robin Rettig
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2018 6:00 am2812d ago
I understand the need to watch out for motorcycles; however, the same thing should apply to them. Last year I …
George Bergus
Letters to the Editor Jun. 10, 2018 6:00 am2812d ago
I commend President Donald Trump’ work to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. Now is the time for Rep. Dave …
Judy Gustafson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 9, 2018 6:00 am2813d ago
I am a 68-year-old woman who was blessed to have had three children. I am against abortion yet I take …
Richard Drake
Letters to the Editor Jun. 9, 2018 6:00 am2813d ago
I was happy to read the guest column written by Peter Deegan, Jr. (‘Thanks to all law enforcement officers,” May …
Joel E. Wells
Letters to the Editor Jun. 8, 2018 1:00 am2815d ago
Did you hear the squeal? I did. Like little piggies at supper time, the corporations and rich were slopped. Republican …
Gary Roberts
Letters to the Editor Jun. 8, 2018 1:00 am2815d ago
Does any of this sound familiar? They are illegals coming into this country. They are bringing drugs and committing crimes. …
David L. Wolf
Letters to the Editor Jun. 7, 2018 8:16 am2815d ago
In response to David Borger Germann’s guest column (‘I am privileged, but much is wrong,” May 14), I think anything …
Pete Larson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 7, 2018 8:16 am2815d ago
Hard to believe a candidate is actually doing what was promised if elected. Most don’t or can’t. Donald Trump promised …
Sharon Ullrick
Letters to the Editor Jun. 6, 2018 8:19 am2816d ago
It is so disappointing to read about people being arrested and taken away from their families when some of them …
Chris Kelly
Letters to the Editor Jun. 6, 2018 8:19 am2816d ago
Recently Iowa passed into law a fetal heartbeat bill. To no one’s surprise, most media outlets and pro-choice politicians erupted, …
Laura Twing
Letters to the Editor Jun. 5, 2018 8:18 am2817d ago
Kudos to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. At the recent Southeast Iowa Synod Assembly, a resolution was passed supporting …
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