By Rich Patterson —- Our Forest Service crew was tired after hours clearing fallen dead trees when the call came …
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By Rich Patterson —- Our Forest Service crew was tired after hours clearing fallen dead trees when the call came …
By Lisa Heddens —- On June 20, Gov. Terry Branstad signed several bills along several line-item vetoes. The vetoes for …
Our high-velocity governor is faring worse with the state’s daily newspapers than he did with the trooper who pursued his …
Gazette Editorial Board — The case of the speeding car carrying the state’s top two elected leaders gets a bit …
By Quad City Times — American business has been given a needed reprieve from the imminent deadline to provide health …
By Des Moines Register —- It is bad enough the Iowa State Patrol didn’t pull over a speeding SUV because …
By Amanda Benedict —- I graduated from my undergraduate institution with $30,000 in student loan debt. My graduate school loans …
The good news is, it won’t be long now. Any day now, Iowa sweet corn finally will arrive. The farmers …
Gazette Editorial Board — Objectors have had a fair opportunity to weigh in on a proposed high-rise Iowa City development …
It’s a cliche, but it’s true: We Midwesterners sure like talking about the weather. And why not? It’s not only …
By Thomas Sass —- “All politics are local” may well be as true a statement about our political system that …
WEST NILE SURFACES: West Nile disease made its first appearance this year in humans with a confirmed case in Linn …
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