Letters to the Editor

Big business layoffs and closures typically dominate the headlines, deservedly so. Yet, the closure of one Cedar Rapids Sonic restaurant …

After reading Superintendent Dave Benson’s column (“An informed decision on enrollment and boundary issues,” Dec. 29), I couldn’t help but …

Peter Feldstein, photographer and co-author of “The Oxford Project,” is to be highly commended for his “tell it like it …

Thank God the Iowa caucuses are over! I have my telephone and mailbox back after hundreds of political phone calls …

I have invited many candidates of all political parties to visit us before and since we started our Iowa Coffee …

In the past six years, I have witnessed some very disturbing behavior by some girls’ athletic teams. Eight times I …

OK, folks, when are you gonna get real? Once again we need a chief of police. I hope the powers …

If the average wage in Iowa is $45,000, a 2.5 percent reduction in payroll tax (Social Security payment) equals $1,125 …

I visited the cat section of the Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control some time ago and I am reporting …

Regarding Bob Burn’s Dec. 14 plea for a safer Lake Macbride: I agree with his call for safety at the …

Congratulations to all the Iowa citizens who chose to exercise their right to carry weapons. Last year, a new state …

Max Low is a 13-year-old boy who has battled leukemia since kindergarten. He lives in a small town in southwest …