A small group of Sac City residents recently attended several open forum meetings which hosted two of our Iowa legislators. The topics raised consisted of deportation, DOGE, high cancer rates in …

One of President Trump’s 111 record setting executive actions, 25 proclamations and 27 memoranda called for election security. Such an action should have been initiated by our 535 Congressional …

It's that time of the year, when I get a lot of questions about the Department of Revenue- and every year the are making strides at improving the processes. Just last week the Iowa Department of …

The late newspaper columnist Bill Wundram of the Quad-City Times in Davenport wrote seven days a week for 31 years. Many of his columns, highlighting a wide variety of concerns in his home community, …

Omaha’s humble Eppley Airfield looked bombed-out under construction but beautiful nonetheless Sunday after having breathed in 30Rock’s NBC Studios in the heart of Manhattan. It was …

The news can be daunting. A warming climate is worsening acute droughts in Africa and Central America. Food security is tenuous. It is the source of horrible conflict in places like Sudan. Assistance …

If you want to know something about Storm Lake history, ask a Times Pilot reader. They have the answers! We’ve been reminiscing in the last couple columns about the Storm Lake rock and …

Growing up in the 1950s, Evans family vacations seem typical by rural Midwest standards: car trips to the Ozarks, the Black Hills, Nauvoo and New Salem in Illinois, or St. Louis for a Cardinals …

Any day now, it will be time to unleash The Black Beast. It has been penned up since late November, and now that it’s April, it should be safe to release into the wilds of Storm Lake streets. …

Last week, I took advantage of almost 70-degree temps and somewhat brisk winds to go on a 21-mile circuitous ride on my recumbent trike from my home in West Lake Estates to Harry Schaller's driveway …

The garage sale season concurs with the baseball season. The last hurrah for the baseball season is the World Series. The last hurrah for the garage sale season is the Methodist Manor Guild holding …

Every year, for 71 years, Lucy has pulled Charlie Brown’s football away at the last minute, just as he was about to kick it through the goal post. “Aaugh!” “Wump!” …

The eleventh week of the session was heavy with debate as we prepare to go into our second legislative deadline. One of the bills debated last week, which I had the privilege of floor managing, …

Last week, the House passed bills on work requirements for Medicaid expansion and food eligible for nutrition assistance. HF 948 requires the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to …

Medicaid looks to be one of the big corks Congress hopes will help plug an estimated $4.7 trillion flood of red ink that accompanies tax cuts Republicans plan to pass this spring. They’re …

There are few comparisons — maybe none — in American history to what President Donald Trump proposes for takeover of Greenland by the United States. Trump refuses to rule out …

Not even the judges know for sure if the courts can hold up against a full-on assault over the next four years. They could use some fortification. Top law firms that once crossed The Donald are now …

Willis Hamilton was a great lawyer. He was a fearless advocate who was smart and took command of the facts. He was practical but liked to swing for the fences and often   knocked it out with …

Last week reader Rick Davis, Laurens native now living in San Antonio, Texas, asked if anyone remembers the Jags, a rock band from Storm Lake in the 1960s. Our friend Bill Turner came to the …

As the president, governors and legislators elevate the stress and anxiety in higher education in the United States by seeking to change how colleges and universities operate and what they teach, the …