The Jan. 18 issue of The Gazette was full of environmental stories that made it interesting to read and appreciate. Beginning with …
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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 …
The Jan. 14 article “C.R. opens $12 million recycling facility” missed the mark – and a great story. Instead of …
For the past four decades, I’ve been reading about the reasons for the failure of our public school students to …
With our city population in the area of 130,000 or more, why don’t we have two driver’s license stations – …
I’m responding to the Jan. 5 letter by Dale Richey, “Climate change a natural process.” His letter on climate at …
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