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Jim Slitor Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 11:11 am2796d ago
I was dismayed to read that HUD director Ben Carson has proposed a plan that would increase the rent on …
Jim McNeish Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 7:00 am2796d ago
I appreciate The Gazette for depicting the other side of the opioid issue. A few years ago I had intense …
Renee Hoffman
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 7:00 am2796d ago
My chronic pain began when I was 19. My first back surgery occurred in 2009. This was the first time …
Jane Bottomley
Letters to the Editor Apr. 29, 2018 6:00 am2796d ago
Regarding the series of articles that The Gazette has published on the opioid situation in the United States: I have …
Bill and Kathy Kilbourn
Letters to the Editor Apr. 28, 2018 1:00 am2797d ago
Remember when Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds campaigned on creating 200,000 new jobs and raising family income by 25 percent …
Karen Silhanek
Letters to the Editor Apr. 28, 2018 1:00 am2797d ago
The 10 p.m. news just informed Linn County that they have paid for a ‘litter pickup machine.” This is not …
Nancy Sauerman
Letters to the Editor Apr. 27, 2018 5:59 am2798d ago
Tobacco companies poured money into suppressing medical research and convincing people that smoking cigarettes did not contribute to cancer. People …
Helen Kudos
Letters to the Editor Apr. 27, 2018 5:59 am2798d ago
Clean energy, education, collective bargaining and workers’ safety, local control: Rep. Bobby Kaufmann’s votes aren’t consistent with what he tells …
Kate Hawkins
Letters to the Editor Apr. 27, 2018 5:59 am2798d ago
I had the pleasure of taking a bus ride to the top of Mount Trashmore at the Eco Fest on …
Marcia Swift
Letters to the Editor Apr. 26, 2018 2:47 am2799d ago
The Humanists of Linn County want to thank Iowa Sen. Rob Hogg for the invitation to give the invocation in …
Brian Strasser
Letters to the Editor Apr. 26, 2018 2:47 am2799d ago
I serve many roles as a row crop farmer, pork producer and an integrated solutions manager for a John Deere …
John Lundell and Jim Throgmorton
Letters to the Editor Apr. 25, 2018 8:35 am2800d ago
Iowa is in trouble. Recent conservative control is threatening Iowa values through mismanagement of health care, declining support for public …
Amy Doerrfeld
Letters to the Editor Apr. 25, 2018 8:35 am2800d ago
On Saturday, the Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. This national event provides …
Mary Price
Letters to the Editor Apr. 24, 2018 8:12 am2801d ago
We would like to offer condolences to the family of 18-year-old Jacob Markwell, who died in a crash on Otis …
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