So my father was hospitalized earlier this week with pneumonia. He’s back home and doing great. But I decided to …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2013 7:59 pm4743d ago
So my father was hospitalized earlier this week with pneumonia. He’s back home and doing great. But I decided to …
Staff Columnists Mar. 2, 2013 7:11 am4744d ago
It’s like our own little version of Clash of the Titans, a battle of “rich people vs. rich people,” as …
Staff Columnists Mar. 1, 2013 8:56 am4745d ago
In last Sunday’s column, I talked about the frustrating lack of resources for The ANCHOR Center, a groundbreaking residential facility …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Staff Columnists Feb. 28, 2013 11:16 pm4745d ago
By Jeff Tecklenburg The Insight and opinion team debuts a new online feature today: “Insights on Iowa” audio podcasts. Our …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 28, 2013 4:13 pm4745d ago
Sorry if this is brief and rough. I’ve got a kid to pick up at daycare. Just Say No casino’s …
Staff Columnists Feb. 27, 2013 1:54 pm4746d ago
So comes the latest big development in the race to win the Iowa U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Tom …
Staff Columnists Feb. 27, 2013 9:03 am4747d ago
So I tuned into last night’s KCRG-TV9/Gazette casino vote forum on channel 9.2, or the deuce. Or maybe the snake …
Staff Columnists Feb. 25, 2013 8:55 pm4748d ago
More than 30 percent of the inmates in Iowa’s prisons have some form of serious mental illness. Many thousands more …
Staff Columnists Feb. 24, 2013 4:05 am4750d ago
Two days after Christmas, Cedar Rapids attorney Susan L. Hense sent her clients a letter. “I write to inform you …
Staff Columnists Feb. 22, 2013 7:32 pm4751d ago
I’m biased, I’ll admit it, but I won’t let that stop me from pointing out a couple recent examples of …
Staff Columnists Feb. 21, 2013 9:14 am4753d ago
So our vet says he swallowed a rock. He is Scuttle, our 9-month-old pup, lab mixed with coonhound mixed with geologist. …
Staff Columnists Feb. 20, 2013 12:30 pm4753d ago
So, in the end, the Linn County Board of Supervisors votes 4-1 to raise its pay from $74,362.98 to $94,812.80. …
Staff Columnists Feb. 19, 2013 8:44 am4755d ago
So the mystery of the Cedar Rapids casino location is solved. Mostly. If we the voters give them permission March …
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