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Don’t fear the ‘hodgepodge.” That’s how Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett described the prospect of Iowa counties and cities setting …
Let’s start this off by saying what shouldn’t need to be said: Allow the dead to be buried before attempting …
Our 16-year-old daughter joined the working class a few weeks ago and has completed a crash course in tax withholding …
Tyler Olson has some decisions to make. The former state lawmaker from Cedar Rapids whose gubernatorial ambitions ended abruptly in …
So my family spent Sunday at a softball tournament, where little girls played their hearts out, people ate grilled hamburgers …
WICHITA, Kan. – If attendees at the Rural Grocery Summit pulled Bic lighters from their pockets, gave them a flick …
State Sen. David Johnson is standing athwart the 2016 presidential race, yelling ‘Stop!” Johnson, of Ocheyedan in far northwest Iowa, …
WICHITA, Kan. – What does a high-end caterer in a rural area do to give back? If you are Donald …
Here are a few winners and losers from Tuesday’s primaries. WINNERS Electability over shoe leather – U.S. Iowa Senate hopeful …
It’s primary Election Day, and custom dictates I refrain from opining about the ongoing 2016 contest as voters go to …
WICHITA, Kan. – Rural grocery store owners, food advocates and system experts are gathered for the fifth Rural Grocery Summit. …
COUNCIL BLUFFS – With time slipping away before Tuesday’s primary, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rob Hogg is starting his closing …
As more fallacies of the nation’s ‘tough on crime” era are exposed, juvenile justice must continue to evolve. On May …
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