Recently, I heard on the KCRG-TV9 news that The Eastern Iowa Airport has cheaper fares than other airports, but that …
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Keith Rayner Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4208d ago
Recently, I heard on the KCRG-TV9 news that The Eastern Iowa Airport has cheaper fares than other airports, but that …
MaryAnn French Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4208d ago
On May 20, I drove to the pet cemetery on Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids to put flowers on …
Celia Hansen
Letters to the Editor Jun. 23, 2014 1:00 am4208d ago
I was upset at the article in the Des Moines Register on May 25 about the State Training School for …
Anna Homan
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2014 1:00 am4209d ago
I get it when the city gives businesses tax breaks to build or open a new business in Cedar Rapids, …
Jim Doorley
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2014 1:00 am4209d ago
Voters should ask Republican and Democratic candidates who support the Rock Island Clean Line why they are helping three billionaire …
Brent and Deb Donohoe
Letters to the Editor Jun. 22, 2014 1:00 am4209d ago
Mark S. Edwards’ June 12 opinion piece ‘Valuing monarchs good start” attributes the decline of the monarch butterfly to conventional …
Chad Slater-Scott
Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2014 4:53 pm4211d ago
Music is the mathematical genius of millennia of melodic and rhythmic evolution. It’s a common language to communicate emotion, values …
Marilyn Nelson
Letters to the Editor Jun. 20, 2014 4:53 pm4211d ago
Congratulations to Principal Steve Goodall and his McKinley staff for conducting an impressive graduation ceremony for the 2014 eighth- grade …
Mary Kemen
Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2014 5:48 pm4212d ago
Kathleen Parker (‘‘Let’s Move!’ campaign goes too far,” June 3) needs to do the math in criticizing mothers who ‘have …
Madeline Becker
Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2014 5:48 pm4212d ago
In 2013, the high school graduation rate in Iowa was just under 90 percent. Our state is known for being …
Bill Munsell
Letters to the Editor Jun. 19, 2014 5:48 pm4212d ago
Our country’s news leadership – especially network and local television – must find a smarter way to report future multiple-death …
Jim Niday
Letters to the Editor Jun. 18, 2014 5:40 pm4213d ago
Imagine that part of your retirement plan was to put money into a trust that a relative set up for …
Wallace Chappell
Letters to the Editor Jun. 18, 2014 5:40 pm4213d ago
The decision by the Iowa Board of Regents with regard to state funding of their institutions is a bad one. …
Fran Hatfield
Letters to the Editor Jun. 17, 2014 3:59 pm4214d ago
The June 2 Gazette included a guest column ‘Prospect Meadows scores from all bases” about the 17-field baseball and softball …
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