State revenue remained on the positive side of the ledger through two months of Fiscal Year 2027. According to the Legislative Services Agency, net receipts have increased by $102 million or 7.2% …

If you think that pinko Rob Sand will make a hash of Iowa, rest easy buckaroo. We’re tops in cancer and rooting around the bottom in economic performance. So things are not that great after 10 …

President Trump’s trade wars and shooting wars help provide clarity. Oil is killing us. It keeps us stuck in a permanent war in the Middle East. The trade war with China ruined soy export markets …

Donald Trump and his followers are crying wolf again, trying to scare Americans that Democrats are communists. They’re even trying it out on Rob Sand and Josh Turek, Democrats running for Iowa …

I recently read “Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. She was one of many young girls who were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. It’s not a read I would easily …

Succession planning and public celebration typically accompany executive retirements. They provide for an orderly leadership transition and public acknowledgment of a job well done. So, two …

We’re seven weeks from the midterm elections. Mail-in and absentee voting has already begun in some states. Voters are starting to pay more attention to the candidates and to the parties they …

On Memorial Day of 1988, I and three other male employees from Buena Vista University, along with an equal number of friends, embarked on a four-day golfing vacation in Bella Vista, Ark. One of them, …

When I saw Mike Delaney’s apples in Iowa Letter to the Editor it brought back so many memories. I grew up on a small farm near Paton until I was 10 years old. By then I could milk cows, …

There was an interesting news piece by the BBC about our President saying that if the Republicans win both Houses in the mid-term elections, he would give every American $5,000. While it’s not …

Attorney General Brenna Bird recently traveled with the Quad City Back the Blue Flight to Washington, D.C., where participants visited the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Bird rightly …

It’s so noisy out a fella can scarcely hear himself think. You may seek refuge in the back yard listening for the songbird, but the hedge trimmer has a job to do. The dog barks at the hedge …

Last week was tough for Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor. The ground trembled a bit when the Iowa Farm Bureau political action committee did not endorse the self-described Belle …

Can you remember what you were doing when something historical happened in your lifetime? For each generation, there seems to be at least one date that, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt said …

Gloria Steinem died recently, and all sorts of writers and journalists memorialized her, which was fitting. One of the first things I thought, when I heard that she died, was to recall her trenchant, …

This week the United States and its people are soberly remembering the stunning terrorist attacks that weaponized jetliners to kill thousands of people in the American homeland on September 11, 2001. …

As another Iowa football season gets underway, local football fans have plenty of reasons to be excited. In recent years, Northwest Iowa has proudly watched athletes like Adam Timmerman and Cooper …

On Monday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m., the Iowa Utilities Commission will hold a scheduling conference to set dates and locations for a hearing on Summit Pipeline’s permit request to construct a …

I have questions. Lots of questions. My biggest question is how in the world has humanity managed to last this long? Let me break it down for you. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Humans …

My favorite movies when growing up in Missouri Valley were the westerns. Cowboys and Indians were a must. It usually ended with cavalry soldiers chasing the Indians and the Indians were always the …