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Monday sort of got away from me, so I didn’t get around to commenting on the latest shots exchanged over …
The Gazette’s Orlan Love provided us with a sobering picture Sunday morning of Iowa’s soggy situation. Throughout his well-sourced, front-page …
In my inbox this week, this note from a reader: “Watching the coverage of Lee Muldoon’s trial it struck me …
My fellow Americans, let me be clear. I am not a hobo. It’s true I was born in Britt, home …
Catching my eye on on this fine, fine Friday: The Department of Defense is tilting at wind turbine projects that can …
Today marks the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., and the end of a decades-long battle to recognize …
The City Council faced one of its toughest cases Tuesday night. Would cutting off an artery save an ailing patient, …
Northwest sider Linda Seger reports that a journalist from the BBC was making the rounds last week in Cedar Rapids. He’s …
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett said this morning that he still intends to have the City Council vote this evening on whether …
August needs to end. Soon. We need a good shot of crisp air to blow out all the crazy. Bleeding …
It’s like A Tale of Two City Chickens: First, the best of times: Up in Cedar Rapids, city councilors are …
A drive is now under way to convince Iowans to vote for holding a constitutional convention. Every 10 years, a …
Remember the headlines last summer? Neighborhood Centers board member Kenya Badgett does. She read some of them back to us …
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