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So President Donald Trump came to Cedar Rapids Tuesday to be briefed on efforts to recover from last week’s destructive …
For a few days this past week, it seemed like flattened corn was getting significantly more attention than Iowa’s flattened …
This past week, I had my first COVID-19 test and my first experience as a patient of the Test Iowa …
On Monday, Iowa was hit with what amounts to a Category 2 hurricane, which leveled homes, businesses and left hundreds …
We take the trees for granted. Sure, in the spring when they leaf out or bloom we take some notice. …
The power is out, so you can’t turn on the TV or radio, or even open the refrigerator. All your …
I wanted a vacation away from politics, but I didn’t get it. I took last week off from writing columns …
I am sitting in a hotel with two children and a dog. We’ve been driven from our home in Cedar …
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, and we definitely have, is to get our daughter Tess moved into …
Just weeks after a White House report declared Iowa a hot spot for the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Kim …
I’m trying, as many of us are these days, to learn to appreciate sitting with stillness. To take the uncertainty …
Todd Dorman So Gov. Kim Reynolds resumed her twice-weekly coronavirus pandemic briefings this week. They’re back by unpopular demand. Since …
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ public approval rating for how she has handled the new coronavirus pandemic is the lowest of any …
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