On Feb. 7, 2025, President 45/47 summarily fired Colleen Shogan, Director of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). She joins the company of thousands of other federal workers who …

The terms “DEI” and “Woke” are often floated these days with little thought given to their complexity, or what they mean to people of various minority classes, and those in …

I may have this backwards but... one of my sons left for Peace Corps after graduating from U of Iowa. After his tours in East African locations, I finally quit asking when he’d come home …

Last week the House Local Government Committee reported out of committee House Study Bill 246, which enhances and improves Iowan's recovery efforts for communities affected by natural disasters. This …

A big congratulations to the schools representing Senate District 3 in Des Moines the last two weeks: Cherokee, Newell-Fonda girls’ basketball teams, as well as the Storm Lake boys’ …

One of the first marketing lessons offered to me, a wet-behind-the-ears ag editor, by a steely and successful ag futures trader was as simple and useful as a feed bucket. “Markets hate …

Iowa farmers are about to plant into a seedbed of chaos. Tariffs on Mexico and Canada are on one day and off the next. Markets are whiplashed. Consumer confidence is tanking. Corn and soy prices …

We’ve come full circle. The Storm Lake Times launched in 1990 as a weekly, and now we are back on that printing schedule after iterations as a daily and a twice-weekly. Dramatically rising …

Storm Lake lost some good people over the past couple of weeks. My old friend Bill Hott, age 74, passed away unexpectedly Feb. 11 after a long and impressive career in music. Bill and I …

It was a perfect 4th of July, not too hot and just cool enough so that the sun felt good when it came out. All our kids were here but one, and most of the grandkids with them. We enjoyed the …

Say what you will about Richard Nixon, but he knew the value of record-keeping. So did the Stasi of East Germany, but that’s another story. It was Richard Nixon’s penchant for …

The word “peace,” like many words, carries a number of meanings. Sometimes it’s convenient to choose one of them. U.S. President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy use …

This past week, Iowa’s legislature rolled back human rights for transgender people. Senate File 418 was rushed from draft bill to passage within a week and sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds, who signed …

By now, you have probably heard a lot about HF 583. This is a bill for an act relating to sex and gender, including those and related terms for purposes of statutory construction, indications of …

Sure is quiet in The City Beautiful. Nearly 50 degrees and all sunshiney, and barely a peep downtown that Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. The notice had just gone out from Trump: All …

The Trump Administration’s budget framework passed this week by the US House would have deep implications for Iowa in its bid to slash spending by $2 trillion while extending and enhancing tax …

When The Storm Lake Pilot began publishing in October 1870, it was a weekly newspaper. When The Storm Lake Times began publishing in June 1990, it was a weekly newspaper. Over the years, as …

Iowa taxpayers provided about $104 million last school year directly to parents choosing to send their K-12 children to private schools.  The price tag for these education savings accounts, …

That Ann Coulter, what a visionary. As far back as 2007, she said that “women should not have the right to vote” and now Congress is finally catching up to her.  Heck, yeah, I …

The seventh Annual S.L. Stars Mentoring Bingo Night had a successful evening on Feb. 22, held at BVU. A huge thank you to the following prize contributors: Villager; Pampered Chef/Alicia Gatzemeyer; …