It’s been a tough 10 years. Trump. Covid. More Trump. A decade of decline for Iowa — dead last in mental health beds and women’s health care. Next to last (chasing Mississippi) for economic …
Moderation is all we ask. Iowa has been under one-party rule for over a decade. It shows. We have become meaner and poorer. Our schools are weaker. Regulations are spurned as the rivers run toxic and …
“CBS Sunday Morning” was in full swing for Halloween on Oct. 25, running a segment on ghost building signs. Ghost signs are found on the sides of old brick buildings where the business names …
Government of the people belongs to the people. So, it should come as no surprise that one of their most frequent concerns is how government spends taxpayers’ money. Those concerns …
Certain admirable qualities have identified the United States for many, many years: prosperity, power, creativity, entrepreneurship, world leadership, personal freedom. You can probably name others. …
As combines roll across fields and farm families work long hours to bring in the harvest, it is disheartening to see the amount of damage caused by careless actions. Every year, vehicles are …
People lined up for a mile to hear President Trump’s impression of a carnival barker in a Sioux City airport hangar festooned with red, white and blue bunting on Thursday. He came to help gin …
As we ramp up to the mid-term elections, MAGA candidates are pulling out all the stops. A church organist, who wants to envelope the space with overpowering sound, pulls selected knobs all the way …
When a city plans something big, it should not check driver's licenses at the door. That is what happened Monday night in Woodward. The City Council cancelled its regular meeting and instead …
The United States is now involved, to varying degrees, in three hot wars: in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza/Palestine. We’re a principal party to the war with Iran, having initiated it in late February. …
Modern election cycles easily dissolve into narrative noise, fueled by media echo chambers, superficial viral sound bites, controversial attack ads and candidate outrage. But beneath the headline …
I hope you all realize what an excellent candidate we have for U.S. House Representative of the 4th District in Dave Dawson. He was born and raised in rural Washta in a wonderful family. …
For hundreds of thousands of Iowans, the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is more than a number. It’s help at the grocery store. It’s help keeping the lights on. It’s …
Chris Jones says he is not measuring for drapes in the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture’s office at the state capitol just yet. The Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Mike Naig is, …
Early voting is now open in Iowa and will be until Nov. 3, Election Day. The ballot in Greene County towns poses two special question to voters, both relating in some way to taxes. We need to pass …
This Saturday, Oct. 17, some Americans will take to their streets for a fourth No Kings Rally, and in that light, I’ve been watching the latest French protests with interest. Protests in America …
We met a sharp farmer from North Central Iowa who works for an ag manufacturer, conservative politically and agriculturally. He’s into reduced tillage and cover crops. He loathes regulation, which …
Gulls floated against a blue autumnal sky just off Storm Lake. Finally, combines are in the fields sweeping up corn and beans as if they might be worth the effort amid the trade bluster. It’s …
The Republicans running things announced last week that they are locating a $15 billion steel mill in Southeast Iowa, near Keokuk and Fort Madison in hard-pressed Lee County. Knowing next to nothing …
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart came to Storm Lake on October 3 to inspire volunteers who are working to get out the vote. Canvassing strategies in the past have focused on visiting the party …