Editor's Note: The Toledo City?Council and Economic Development group held an inital joint meeting in June to begin discussions about downtown Toledo,Combined with the fate of the closed 27-acre Iowa Juvenile Home / State Training School for Girls campus in Toledo, civic leaders and residents ...
Editor's Note: For those unfamiliar with current mobile technology, "Siri" and "Alexa" are two popular virtual assistant programs controlled by voice recognitions software."Alexa, when does the 2020 Census begin?""Hey Siri, do I need to complete the 2020 Census?"Welcome to the 2020 Census, the ...
Q: How serious is the crisis at the southern border?A: Illegal border crossings are at the highest level in recent history. This fiscal year, immigration officials are on track to apprehend more than one million migrants crossing illegally into the country - more than double the volume of ...
Iowa Farm and Rural Life PollAMES - As the percentage of rented farmland in Iowa continues to grow, farmers are seeing a steady shift in who is responsible for what happens on the land.According to the "2018 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll," (SOC 3090) a publication of Iowa State University ...
Many years ago I started saving articles concerning the founding of the United States. Here is excerpts from several of them.-Joyce WieseJuly 1, 1776A tall redhead emerged from his parlor and bedroom with a big brass key and a large squarish object which looked a lot like an easel. He locked ...
Throughout its history, Iowa has been a place where women break barriers. Time after time, Iowa women have shown if they set their minds to something, work hard and believe in themselves, they can accomplish anything.On July 2, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Iowans ratifying the 19th ...
I found it lurking behind the air conditioner in our back yard; was it evidence that the wayward cougar spotted weeks ago in Des Moines was still around? The scat definitely wasn't left by our two small dogs and was too big to be from a stray cat. So, I posted the photo on Facebook to find out ...
By Anne MichaelOur Town will be presented July 11-13 at the Wieting theatre in Toledo.Our Town is one of those plays that is never out-dated. Why? Because Our Town is all of us - it is our lives on this earth. We are moms trying to get our kids up for school. We are the people who were or are ...
Q: How did stopping elder abuse become one of your priorities in Congress?A: Close-knit families and communities across Iowa are enriched by the contributions and life experiences of older citizens. Unfortunately, some members of society don't treat their elders with the respect and dignity ...
I continue to make Washington "squeal," this time calling on Congress to help save over $150 million of taxpayer money by allowing the U.S. Mint to modify the composition of certain coins.Iowa taxpayers are getting nickeled-and-dimed by the increasing costs of certain metals for producing ...