It’s time to deliver for working Iowa families. That means all legislators working to find common ground and move past nearly a decade of single-party policymaking that has left too many Iowans …

First, the good news, but it began as bad news In March the current president issued an Executive Order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). If you’ve never …

For years our schools have emphasized to kids that they shouldn’t bully others, especially online. Our Storm Lake schools teach our students to be nice to each other. We’ve had many …

The new president of the Iowa Board of Regents, Robert Cramer, thinks that our state universities are too liberal. Cramer earned an engineering degree at Iowa State University, and does not appear to …

Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell’s decision to accept Penn State’s head football coaching position devastates Cyclone fans, gladdens Nittany …

To truly experience the Trump tariff rollercoaster, hop on the ear-popping ride American cattlemen, meatpackers, and U.S. beef eaters have been on over the past few …

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 …

One of the biggest fallacies in American politics is that we don’t have enough money to build roads and schools, provide healthcare for all, solidify Social Security, service the national debt …

Thanksgiving weekend brought a lot of snow to most of our state. For once, the forecast was on the money. Darn it. One of the joys of living in an apartment building is that someone else gets to …

There seems to be a lack of consistency — if not outright contradictions — in the president’s messaging on drug trafficking into the United States. Recent news headlines bear …

What will you be doing in the year 2033? If you’ll still be younger than 67 years of age, there are innumerable answers. But if you’re 67 or older by then, chances are the Number One …

Very soon on Dec. 9, there will be a special election in Sac County. This election is to fill the seat at the Iowa house for District 7 which covers Sac, Calhoun, Pocahontas and parts of Webster …

Detasseling at best is brutal, gritty, dirty work. If you are doing half-mile rows, going from one end to the other is going to take you around an hour, meaning you get to access your water at best …

On the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, we marked seasons by the work more than by the month. The planting season, for example, usually began in April and often ended when we drilled …

Recently, Gov. Reynolds submitted Iowa’s application for federal funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Iowa’s application …

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 …

Loyal Times Pilot reader Nancy Nelson of Linn Grove recently sent us this note: “In the heat of the last few days I’ve been avoiding doing real work by finding things I can do in a …

While the text of the Iowa Constitution lacks the prominence of that adopted by our nation’s Founding Fathers, people from Ackley to Zwingle and points in between should track down a copy and …