Twas the night before Christmas, and this was the scene Myself and my wife were gawking at screens. A remote …
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Twas the night before Christmas, and this was the scene Myself and my wife were gawking at screens. A remote …
So this was the year I almost went fake. I’ve been a real, live Christmas tree guy my whole life, …
This was not the campaign rally I was looking for Saturday. I expected those disaffected voters I’ve read so much …
From a political standpoint Bob Vander Plaats and I are near polar opposites, but that isn’t why I hope he …
As Johnson County residents hoping to visit the Lake Macbride beach area learned this past July, it takes only a …
Four teenage boys – Moussa, Abbas, Yousef and Ali Habhab – arrived in Cedar Rapids in the 1880s. They were …
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett uncorked his very best Knute Rockne impression at City Hall Tuesday evening. Get out there, …
Perhaps it was the view of our still oddly green landscape from windows at the Cedar Rapids Country Club that …
Maybe instead of merely reacting to GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s ‘crazy talk,” it’s time to start understanding its appeal. …
Some of us have friends. Some of us have friends who use their professional positions to funnel us money. Guess …
On Monday, Gov. Terry Branstad becomes the longest-serving governor in American history, at 7,462 days in office, and counting. As …
Another elected leader from Cedar Rapids is floating a plan to pay for cleaning up our water. Last month, you …
As I type, sitting at our dining room table, the elf watches. He’s perched in a potted plant. His blue …
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