ICE is in Mason City. Breathless reports in Iowa City and West Liberty. Just saw the car in Spencer. Blow the whistles! When will the boot drop on Storm Lake or Denison? Chatter, chatter, …

A farmer with beer in the belly and a bur in his britches stormed out of Byron’s Bar in Pomeroy Saturday evening offended by the very idea of a meet-and-greet with Chris Jones, Democratic candidate …

US Rep. Randy Feenstra and Rep. Ashley Hinson joined ranks with House Republicans to vote against subsidies for health insurance policies offered on the federal exchange. Feenstra is running for …

So I’ve become that grumpy old man. Not funny like Walter Matthau. Just grumpy. Curmudgeonly, somebody said. Shrill. I wake up PO’d. It’s hard to stay in good humor when dawn breaks to a …

President Trump said we invaded Venezuela not so much over the drugs or democracy but for the oil. We left the drug runners in charge of the country with gunboats moored offshore ready to invade …

Those with high hopes for a two-party system in Iowa must put their minds and means on reaching rural voters. We had a balanced government a decade ago, before shelled-out river towns went …

We can hope for 2026. Be realistic, but good risings could be just over that horizon. Wish might be a better word than hope. We wish for your health and prosperity, for peace and friendship among …

State and local officials in Nebraska are giving Tyson the business after the giant meat packer announced plans to shut down the Lexington beef plant and put 3,200 people out of work. Tyson …

A backhoe blocks the end of the driveway this sunny Monday morning as water rushes down Irving Street. It’s not deja vu. The backhoe was in the same spot last winter when the water pipe broke. They …

2025 was arduous and is good to have behind us. The fever might have broken. Trump was raving mad on TV last week, almost spitting into the camera. This just days after saying that he doesn’t …

This famous editorial, written by Francis P. Church, first appeared in The New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897, in response to a letter to the editor from an 8-year-old girl. The Storm Lake Times Pilot is …

Fred just emailed telling me to do something that is not in the offing this soon after prostate surgery, otherwise I would. And Merry Christmas to you, too, Fred old pal. I have reached an …

Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Farm subsidies, that is. They distort markets, suppress diversity, and create winners and losers. We can’t get by without …

Rising electricity costs are becoming a prickly issue in politics. Higher rates and costs were a major issue in recent state and local elections nationwide. Data centers and cryptocurrency are …

We’re waiting on snowmageddon to dump on Storm Lake this morning after Thanksgiving. Forecasters hyperventilate. Plans are cancelled to gather with the extended family for supper in the happy …

This Thanksgiving weekend, we are simply grateful to be here in The City Beautiful. What good fortune. We know so many folks who feel the same way. Here at the Storm Lake Times Pilot, we deeply …

Any reform plan offered by Gov. Kim Reynolds demands skepticism and invites dismissal, especially since she will not run for re-election next November. Reynolds hung her hat on Medicaid …

Iowa has reeked for several weeks as an armada of honey wagons sprayed their brown bounty on black dirt, followed by the white anhydrous ammonia tanks. They’re everywhere as I traveled …

Don’t expect too much from President Trump’s announcement last week that the Justice Department is launching probes into price-fixing among big beef processors, namely Tyson, JBS, …

Friday, Nov. 7 probably was the best day I’ve had in two years of bad news. I rode shotgun as Dolores drove me home from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, seemingly free of prostate cancer …