I took some heat this week from two readers over my Saturday column about the alleged boy robber from Solon. …
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I took some heat this week from two readers over my Saturday column about the alleged boy robber from Solon. …
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My grandma is sometimes inclined to talk about her body as if it were an aging jalopy. New knee, new …
This fiasco is rated R, for gratuitous spending and full-frontal mismanagement. Maybe you were enjoying a Friday afternoon matinee when …
I figured, hey, no big deal. On Aug. 14, I asked the city of Cedar Rapids for a list of …
Here’s the full-blown column I wrote to follow up on yesterday’s blog post: Would a Davenport anti-crime program work in …
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