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It’s always a drag to have to pay for other people’s sins. So I can see why some of the …
Four potential sites for a new Cedar Rapids Public Library will be cut down to two this week. Think of …
It’s cold, according to news reports. AccuWeather trumpets its contention that this could be the worst winter in 25 years. I’m …
Farewell holidays. We spent a couple of hours or so Saturday driving to my parents’ home in north central Iowa …
Iowa City mail carrier Kathy Cariens hung up her mailbag for the last time last week, after 37 years of …
1 — Wife. Still puts up with my “quirks.” Not the clinical term. 2 — Children born. Tess is now …
I stopped out at Westdale this morning to check out a discussion on potential sites for a new downtown Cedar …
Good news, Cedar Rapids: The Army Corps of Engineers says the chances of another record flood during the next 50 …
Cliche-mongers like comparing lawmaking/legislating to making sausage. Lawmakers themselves do it a lot. They think it’s really funny. Just like they …
Iowa turned 163 on Monday. If you missed it, there’s still time to grab a glass of Templeton Rye or …
Over the years, Iowa political leaders have dreamed of bringing an auto manufacturing plant here to the cornbelt. Gov. Chet …
Sitting in church on Christmas Eve, my Lutheran ears noticed editing in the big story. Gone were “swaddling clothes” and …
Being a getting-there-is half-the-fun, anticipation-over-destination sort of guy, Christmas Eve is my kind of day. Christmas Day is great. But …
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