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Does it seem like the national news, other than the presidential election contest, has been dominated by thousand year disasters? …
Staggering declines in the number of people playing golf or even taking it up these days suggest we have hit …
In recent newspaper ads, Rep. Rod Blum has spun several shopworn proposals for reforming Congress. Among them: term limits. How …
I get tired of politicians claiming to ‘fight” for us. Maybe they argue and negotiate for us, but unless they …
I recently saw Monica Vernon’s ad on television and I was pleased to see a positive message. Vernon is the …
A recent letter proposes going against one of the basic skills of cycling safety, riding against the flow of traffic …
Many kudos to The Gazette for placing Alison Gowans’ report about the Hawkeyes Kid Captains program right smack on the …
I’ve been reading a 2016 library book, ‘Tribe” by Sebastian Junger, a journalist. It makes the point that we all …
I am a bartender/server at a well-known restaurant in town. It was never my intention to have this be my …
I get it. Change is difficult. Particularly when discussing health care, which many view as a basic human right. That …
The Aug. 13 letter to the editor ‘Reader disagrees with coverage” by Rev. Lawrence Schmidt regarding the July 23 article …
Many people ask us, why do we walk at the Linn County Heart Walk? The answer is always simple: we …
Vision is the most important quality among community educators, from elementary schools to the area’s colleges. Vision among educators runs …
My husband and I regularly walk the trail south of 37th Ave. SW down Edgewood Road, passing by the sign, …
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