The ruling from the Iowa DOT to shut off some speed cameras stinks of the political will of Sen. Brad …
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Herman Lenz Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 6:00 am387d ago
The ruling from the Iowa DOT to shut off some speed cameras stinks of the political will of Sen. Brad …
Bruce R. Bachmann Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am387d ago
Arrested in 2021 at his home and without a warrant, two weeks after his first child was born and now …
Gordie Felger
Letters to the Editor Nov. 24, 2024 5:00 am387d ago
Iowa Capital Dispatch reported on the death of a Mason City nursing home resident due to a staffing shortage at …
Bettina Buck-Luton
Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2024 9:12 am390d ago
In September, we received a message from the city, stating that unless we could prove the ash tree in front …
Shriley Twiselton
Letters to the Editor Nov. 21, 2024 6:00 am390d ago
Times are changing, and We the People are definitely educating ourselves. There are so many organization, companies, groups, classes and …
Ted Wernimont
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 1:30 pm386d ago
Well, to all of those folks who voted but didn’t pay much attention or care much about politics, you are …
David Barker
Letters to the Editor Nov. 19, 2024 6:00 am392d ago
Todd Dorman writes more snark than truth in his recent column titled “Watch what you say. CSI DEI is on …
Laura Krouse
Letters to the Editor Nov. 25, 2024 1:24 pm386d ago
Readers may remember seeing multiple full-page ads recently in The Gazette thanking “legislators for standing up for Iowa farmers” by …
Barb Ferris
Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2024 6:00 am394d ago
I read Althea Cole’s column on Kamala Harris being a bad candidate. Cole talks of Tim Walz stretching the truth …
Deb Tiemans
Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2024 6:00 am394d ago
Ever present in my mind today are the masses of German citizens who allowed themselves to be convinced that people …
James McCoy
Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2024 6:00 am394d ago
Very little attention was paid to climate change during this election despite the fact that climate change related disasters threatened …
Tom Persoon
Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2024 6:00 am395d ago
Every morning I read The Gazette and try to discern connections among the stories that I read. Today, I see …
Colleen Higgins
Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2024 6:00 am395d ago
I have written before to say I can’t make it all the way through one of Althea Cole’s columns, and …
Jennifer Breon
Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2024 6:00 am396d ago
Thank you to Erin Jordan for her incisive reporting on the rampant growth of mega-dairies in Iowa, all thanks to …
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