What a huge week for Iowa. St. Patrick's Day, Hawkeye and Cyclone NCAA basketball, both the men and women, and even UNI is in a basketball tournament. The warmer weather is coming and it's just a good time to be alive, don't ya think? And to top it off, did you hear where the Gunder Burger ...
Noah Webster, of dictionary fame, is spoken of as the founding father of American scholarship and education. His words are just as true today as they were in 1832 when he spoke them. And they need no commentary from me. “It is extremely important to our nation, in a political as well as ...
Every once in a while it's time to clear the air on a few things, clean off my desk of stuff and just endear you with my vast knowledge of nothing. A "friend" mentioned to me last week that I have the innate ability to write an entire column without saying anything. I think he meant to insult ...
I have been asked why I care about climate change when I am not directly affected. I continue my retired lifestyle, visit my grandchildren, and enjoy nature. I am too old to be affected by future predictions. I care because my neighbors, the residents of Earth, and Earth itself are being ...
On March 1, 2022, there will be a vote within the South Tama County Community School District. This vote will decide if South Tama Community School District will build a new middle school or remain in the current building. The Iowa Juvenile Home, which the state currently owns, is the proposed ...
So you all recently received the flyer in your mail about the Middle School going to become another abandoned building, provided the vote passes; because students can’t learn as well in a 106-year-old building that recently had over $1 million in repairs and updates. That even though all the ...
Tama-Grundy Publishing is excited to welcome native Tama Countian David Voigts as its newest columnist. Voigts is a retired ecologist and the current Conservation Chair for the Prairie Rapids Audubon Society. Having grown up in rural Tama County, Voigts spent many youthful days hunting and ...
Throughout history there have been many great love affairs and couples. Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Adam and Eve, Clark and Lois, Archie and Edith, Sonny and Cher and so on and so forth. But there is one love story that has been hidden in the annals of history for many years. It is the love ...
This Friday marks the end of week three for the 2022 legislative session. We have continued to have subcommittees on a wide range of policy proposals. As we narrow down the focus of the bills we expect to move through committee and the full Senate chamber, time becomes of the essence. This ...
Week three of the session is done and things are moving along rapidly. However, this past week has been a slow one for me personally. I came down with symptoms of Covid over the weekend, tested positive and had to spend five days in quarantine at home. Symptoms were mild, but I followed the ...