Letter to the Editor:Tama County has the need for a new county poor farm - and the former Stare Juvenile home campus if the perfect candidate. Tama County had a poor farm for decades, and the most recent facility was closed only fairly recently.The current generation of young Americans will ...
It seems the political season arrives earlier every year. They should regulate it like they do the hunting season. The promises they make, the changes they will enact, the problems they blame on others and the utopian life we will experience if we vote for this person or that person. We have ...
Letter to the EditorOn November 5, the Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) Board of Directors is putting a $32 million General Obligation Bond Referendum before area voters. What some people may not understand is the degree to which ongoing support of our local community colleges is ...
Market Report for October 25, 2019With bittersweet thoughts the market season has come to an end. This vendor is happy to see it end. I started the market season with a right knee injury and I am ending with a left knee injury.It makes me wonder if someone is trying to tell me its time to ...
Letters to the Editor:On November 5 you will have an opportunity to vote to continue to support Iowa Valley and the Marshalltown Community College. There is a bond issue on the ballot that will provide the necessary funds to maintain the existing facilities and to provide significant safety and ...
Washington is consumed with wall-to-wall coverage of impeachment, Ukraine, and transcripts. Every question we receive from the D.C. press corps is about that. But do you know who isn't obsessed with this? Our constituents.Every day, we hear from people across North Dakota and Iowa. Most of them ...
-Letter to the Editor:The citizens of Tama are fortunate to have an outstanding resident participating in the upcoming mayor elections on Nov. 5.Doug Ray is not a newcomer to our town. He grew up in our neighborhoods, graduated from South Tama and has since been employed at Tama Paper Board. ...
Last Monday, I turned thirty-nine for the nineteenth time. You do the math. And if you really want to be challenged, do it the way it's being taught today and not the way you were taught a zillion years ago. Another year older and another year..................older! That's about it.But over ...
Halloween is here! Or "All Saints Day!" or, in my house, it's my wife's birthday-October 31st! Marrying a Halloween baby, I thought it was fun to celebrate each 10/31 in fashion.In addition to orange cakes and gifts, we usually have pumpkins decoratedbut that can bring back bad memories for ...
Letter to the Editor:I thought I would switch sides on the tax vote and start helping those that want to sock us deeper in debt. I will offer some tips to help us get a bond and ppel passed.First- have the vote in March. Too many people can get out and about in November. You must have the vote ...