Thank you Todd Dorman for your column (June 25) regarding the Arc of Justice Bridge! My family and I have …
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Selma Brigham Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2025 6:00 am61d ago
Thank you Todd Dorman for your column (June 25) regarding the Arc of Justice Bridge! My family and I have …
Steve Hostert Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2025 6:00 am61d ago
As a retired engineer who spent decades solving complex problems using data and scientific principles, I find it deeply troubling …
Willard Salemink
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2025 6:00 am61d ago
Jim Walter’s June 29 letter seemingly attributes Costco’s corporate success to their use of DEI, (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), as …
Joel Wells
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2025 6:00 am61d ago
Let’s be blunt: Iowa’s nitrate crisis is a public health emergency driven by agricultural greed and political cowardice. No amount …
Crystal Cummings
Letters to the Editor Jul. 6, 2025 6:00 am61d ago
As temperatures rise and summer routines kick in, the Marion Post Office remains a constant in our community. No matter …
Charlene Lange
Letters to the Editor Jul. 3, 2025 6:00 am64d ago
July 1 marked the death of USAID. Gone is the United States’s use of soft power to help the people …
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Leon Lueck
Letters to the Editor Jul. 2, 2025 6:00 am65d ago
Once again, Congress is cowering to Trump’s threat of running candidates against sitting Congress people who oppose his authoritarian policies. …
Elaine Hughes
Letters to the Editor Jul. 1, 2025 6:00 am66d ago
Last week, I overheard a person say that cities were responsible for more nitrogen runoff than agriculture. Then, on Sunday …
Larry Ginter
Letters to the Editor Jun. 30, 2025 9:12 am67d ago
I got involved with Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI) as part of the American Agriculture Movement during the …
Karen Pratte
Letters to the Editor Jun. 30, 2025 6:00 am67d ago
Trump’s and the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually a Big Ugly Billionaire Tax Cut Bill. To give Billionaires their $1.1 …
Jim Walters
Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2025 6:00 am68d ago
My initial experience with Costco was getting a pair of hearing aids, since I’d read positive reports on their audiology …
Charlie Reutner
Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2025 6:00 am68d ago
As we celebrate the Fourth of July with friends, festivities and flags, basking in life, liberty, and the pursuit of …
Susan Blocker
Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2025 6:00 am68d ago
I spent June 14 waving the flag and holding a picture of my father, who served in WWII. I was …
Dann Myers
Letters to the Editor Jun. 29, 2025 6:00 am68d ago
In response to the June 20 letter from a “Proud Army Veteran” concerning the alleged “cluelessness” on the part of …
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