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Kevin Link Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2018 12:00 am2906d ago
On Feb. 17, I had the privilege of joining around 100 hearty souls in our annual celebration of February golf …
Wilma Rettig Letters to the Editor Mar. 9, 2018 12:00 am2906d ago
The mighty Roman Empire went down, and I fear the United States is following in its footsteps. What is happening …
Pete Larson
Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2018 12:00 am2907d ago
A year of surfacing evidence, the Nunes and Grassley memos, and thousands of discovered emails and texts later, only Fox …
Parker Reynolds
Letters to the Editor Mar. 8, 2018 12:00 am2907d ago
I am a constituent of Iowa and a future junior high school teacher. I would like to voice my deep …
Daniel Hahn
Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2018 12:00 am2908d ago
The front page of The Gazette on Feb. 16 stuck me as extremely odd. The photos of the young people …
Leslie Sand
Letters to the Editor Mar. 7, 2018 12:00 am2908d ago
Suggestions to reduce gun violence that are supported by the majority of Americans (‘How to Reduce Mass Shooting Deaths? Experts …
Janet Wagner
Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2018 12:00 am2909d ago
I am sick of seeing our flag at half-staff and hearing people say they are praying for murdered students. Too …
John Carver
Letters to the Editor Mar. 6, 2018 12:00 am2909d ago
News is hard to keep current and manageable. Today it’s about shootings and their outcomes. The National Rifle Association suggests …
Mary Kemen
Letters to the Editor Mar. 5, 2018 12:00 am2910d ago
Sen. Joni Ernst feels the murder of 17 in a Florida school stems from a mental health problem, not a …
Regina Hatcher
Letters to the Editor Mar. 5, 2018 12:00 am2910d ago
I was so looking forward to seeing the write up on the win of Iowa vs. Rutgers. I was expecting …
Ruth Anne Eccles
Letters to the Editor Mar. 5, 2018 12:00 am2910d ago
Stop advantage discrimination in our schools. What is advantage discrimination? When administrators and teachers of our youth in schools and …
Norman Barnes
Letters to the Editor Mar. 5, 2018 12:00 am2910d ago
Another school shooting that took the precious lives of 17 will stain the history of America forever. Again, we hear …
Colleen Tobiason
Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2018 12:00 am2911d ago
Many of the mass shootings we have experienced in our country have roots in the shooter experiencing bullying, exclusion and …
Jeff Barnes
Letters to the Editor Mar. 4, 2018 12:00 am2911d ago
I am encouraged by the rallies and demonstrations orchestrated by students in support of meaningful gun control. This is the …
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