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Robert Sentman Letters to the Editor Aug. 15, 2014 4:41 pm4056d ago
One reason to mow road ditches is to control noxious weeds. Travel Iowa roadways and notice the spread of Canadian …
Spencer G. Lone Tree Letters to the Editor Aug. 15, 2014 4:41 pm4056d ago
The Native American is not devoid of feelings and passions. Throughout the pages of white American history, the Native American …
Dorothy Ciha
Letters to the Editor Aug. 15, 2014 4:40 pm4056d ago
Recently, the House of Representatives voted to appropriate $694 million to care for the child immigrants from Central America. Also …
Dave Bradley
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2014 5:39 pm4057d ago
Once more Iowa has to go through a Terry Branstad campaign where his less than mediocre record is hyped way …
Floyd Sandford
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2014 5:39 pm4057d ago
Wait, let me be certain I understand. Cedar Rapids wants to be a Blue Zone community and yet when Edward …
Chloe Howe
Letters to the Editor Aug. 14, 2014 5:39 pm4057d ago
School is getting ready to start and too many of Iowa’s students will be dropped off and picked up by …
Sue Dirks
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2014 5:41 pm4058d ago
Am I the only one who is upset that the Supreme Court decided that the owners of Hobby Lobby can …
Jeanne Amosson
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2014 6:57 pm4058d ago
A word about the Senate contest between Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley. Ernst is a solid fiscal conservative who will …
John Jadryev
Letters to the Editor Aug. 13, 2014 6:57 pm4058d ago
We recently passed the 100-year anniversary of a tragic event and the 50-year anniversary of another. World War I started …
Barbara Lang
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2014 5:37 pm4059d ago
Like many Iowans, my grandparents and parents were farmers, and they taught me to value healthy soil and a healthy …
Debra Ozburn
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2014 5:37 pm4059d ago
This is in reference to the Aug. 1 letter ‘Interstate 380 cables are a death sentence.” I was upset and …
Dawn Brouwers
Letters to the Editor Aug. 12, 2014 5:37 pm4059d ago
On July 20, The Gazette published an article ‘Care providers leaving poor areas” about medical providers leaving low income areas. …
Gordon Taylor
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2014 5:24 pm4060d ago
The reaction to the University of Iowa being moved from No. 1 to No. 2 in the Princeton Review party …
Noreen Tonkin
Letters to the Editor Aug. 11, 2014 5:24 pm4060d ago
I had heard that Marion Mayor Allen ‘Snooks” Bouska was a nice and caring person. People of Marion had told …
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