Tuesday night was pretty uneventful, at least that’s how it started. I finished some meetings and work, but still had piles of homework and a bit of work for my actual job. I was walking back across campus to my dorm on the far side of everything (I’m convinced I live the farthest from ...
Dear Veteran, I would like to use this space here to say "Thank You" for being one of the selfless few Americans that has been willing to offer your life on my behalf. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for... Going into harm's way for me, so I can enjoy a peaceful evening with my ...
It was maybe a happy coincidence last week that while I was following the news about Trump’s soybean deal with China that I also happened to tune into the Iowa Farmers Union (IFU) weekly “lunch and learn” on Facebook. Amid so much uncertainty, not just for farmers but all of us in rural ...
The projected rapid increase in electrical energy needs, particularly for massive new data centers, could derail our efforts to combat climate change unless ways are found to greatly increase the production of clean energy. Nuclear energy could help fill that need with the development of small ...
When I started college as a music education major, I knew there would be field experiences in schools around a 45 to 50-mile radius of Wartburg. Secretly, I had one dream assignment in mind: Oelwein High School. So when the email came through assigning me to Oelwein, I’ll admit I cracked a ...
I tell John Sheda the facts about abortion. Abortion became legal in the year 1973 when republican Nixon was president by a republican control supreme court back then. Most of those judges on that court were appointed by republican Nixon and Eisenhower. Is Sheda going to tell us Trump never ...
October has come to an end and most of the crops in the area have been harvested. My family was able to finish harvest early with crops being dry and the weather cooperating, which left us time to visit a pumpkin farm, carve pumpkins, and get some outside work done. I hope everyone had a great ...
Many or most of those fatal and serious injury crashes wouldn't happen if the speed limit had remained at a "sensible" and enforced rate. Un-expected things happen on the roads and faster speed gives drivers less time to react and/or slow down. If the so-called "PRO-Life" Lawmakers really cared ...
We're proud to be Republicans for a myriad of reasons, of which this letter would be far too long to state them all or why we are 100% behind our President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. But suffice it to say, here is our number one reason--THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO LIFE FOR EVERY HUMAN ...
From my very first week at the paper, my partner in crime has been Mike. I still remember when he posted on Facebook that we were the Woodward and Bernstein of the Tama-Toledo News Chronicle. While that might be a stretch, I’ll admit our partnership has led to some great stories—both the ...