Between Christmas and New Year’s we twice visited the lights at the McGrath Amphitheatre. Twinkling lights combined with pleasant music …
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Rich Patterson Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2024 10:44 am774d ago
Between Christmas and New Year’s we twice visited the lights at the McGrath Amphitheatre. Twinkling lights combined with pleasant music …
Steve Sukup Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2024 10:43 am774d ago
As the co-owner of one of the largest manufacturing businesses in Iowa, I know first-hand how critical we are to …
Myrna Loehrlein
Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2024 9:20 am774d ago
Every day the news reports tell me of more civilian deaths in Gaza. Of direct killings and unendurable living conditions. …
Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2024 8:59 am774d ago
As the co-owner of one of the largest manufacturing businesses in Iowa, I know firsthand how critical we are to …
Carolyn Stephenson
Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2024 6:00 am777d ago
If you were asked to list the responsibilities of citizenship, most people would list voting as top of their list. …
Maretta Portzline
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2023 6:00 am778d ago
As I read and listen to the news, I keep hearing that the voters not the courts should decide who …
Dale Kueter
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2023 6:00 am778d ago
Thanks to the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and businesses downtown, in NewBo and the Czech Village for the spectacular …
Ann Fellows Christenson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2023 6:00 am778d ago
Three months ago my oncologist predicted that without further treatment of my cancer, I had three to six months to …
Douglas Flanagan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2023 6:00 am778d ago
I encourage all voters to attend the Republican caucuses on Feb. 15. All nonparty voters or those registered in other …
John Klaus
Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2024 10:58 am775d ago
The guest column by Imam Hassan Selim in The Gazette on Christmas Day moved me to tears. Thank you to …
Richard Gray
Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2024 5:00 pm773d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds Is doing her best to solve Iowa’s 16% child obesity rate. Now, she has declined the federal …
Lynn Gallagher
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2023 2:39 pm779d ago
The Iowa Raptor Project at the University of Iowa tells the public that its purpose is conservation and education. Yet …
Scott Byram
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2023 6:00 am780d ago
Iowa has notified the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it will not participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer …
Jasper Strack and Ruby Dallas
Letters to the Editor Dec. 26, 2023 6:00 am783d ago
We are two middle school students at Scattergood Friends School in West Branch, Iowa. Our names are Ruby and Jasper, …
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