Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: Following is a letter we received responding to our Nov. 17 editorial, “Kids Games”: As a farm kid, …

I see Congress is having trouble extending jobless benefits. There is a simple answer. Fine and jail all who hire …

The Jan. 18 issue of The Gazette was full of environmental stories that made it interesting to read and appreciate. Beginning with …

I think it is time to let professional sports teams advertise on their players’ uniforms. Like NASCAR ads on cars. …

Big Ten officials hand out reprimands like the officials call fouls: unequally. I can remember other coaches in basketball and …

Your Jan. 18 article about the closing of the soy candle factory in New Hampton (“Company to close Soy Basics …

The Gazette for Jan. 19, section D, depicts “Educating entrepreneurs” at Metro High School. The students are producing chocolate bars …

Arg! Allen “Snooks” Bouska, having walked the plank and been keelhauled twice over his Marion residency, has stood before and …

After reading William Petroski’s Jan. 13 article, “Tax relief group calls for Iowa pension reform,” I can only comment, “Here …

Wow! “Improper disbursements” of $770,000 (6th Judicial District Corrections). That sounds like political correctness talk for “we don’t know what …

The Meadowridge Golf facility at the corner of Stoney Point Road SW and 16th Avenue SW is for sale. It …

As a retired child abuse investigator for the Department of Human Services, I am familiar with the unfortunate situations children …