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 ...
It started as a stupid task, a bit of fun, something to do with my buddy. Somewhere along the way, under the cover of darkness, this stupid task morphed into a three-hour voyage of two jolly, puerile nitwits. I don’t know what else I expected. And like most of my tales, this story deserves to ...
I’m writing this on a Wednesday morning, staring out my dorm window and counting down the hours until I can pack up and head home. I love Wartburg, but there’s something about being boxed in by campus walls that makes you crave the open roads and familiar places of Tama County. Fall break ...
You might be surprised to know that I, (yes, even moi), makes a mistake every now and then. Maybe, perhaps once or twice a year, if that but when I do, oh boy, that mistake is a whopper. Several weeks ago, Deb and I went through the back roads around Dubuque and we visited a Monastery way ...
It’s been a while since I’ve issued a Legislative Newsletter. It’s been a busy summer. As Fall arrives, I am beginning to work on legislation for next session along with the usual constituent work. Of course, there are also the hot issues that arise at any time of the year, and I am ...