Dear Editor:On Tuesday, March 3, residents of the South Tama County Community School District will vote on a proposed plan to build a new middle school. If approved, the district would replace the current school, which was built in 1915 and is reaching the end of its useful life.In addition to ...
Letter to the Editor:We recently received a flyer in the mail on the vote for a new middle school shown attached to the high high school.There is no question we need a new middle school but attaching it to the high school is not the answer.From the many people I have talked to, parents, ...
Letter to the Editor:Currently we are among 4 Iowa Food Banks currently paying $250,000 annually in sales tax on material items we purchase to feed Iowans (such as fork lifts, pallet jacks and other essential items). The resulting $250,000 would amount to 1 million more meals able to be ...
Letter to the Editor,Many Iowans live in mobile homes. Also called "manufactured homes" or "trailers," they are just called "home" by the Iowans live in them and often own them.Unfortunately, dozens of these affordable communities have been bought by out-of-state investment groups looking to ...
Letter to the Editor:Crow is definitely not a delicious meal, but sometimes it is a necessary food source. My alarm about Iowa Public Employee Retirement Service the crow I now have to eat. Please know, however, that I would never purposely mislead. Before I published the letter and in order to ...
Dear Editor:In Chicago in 1958, the Our Lady of the Angels school suffered a severe fire that killed 95 students and staff. The fire, which started in a trash pile in the basement, burned for several minutes before spreading to unprotected areas on the second floor. The Chicago Fire ...
Letter to the Editor:Iowa caucus in Toledo, Iowa. People in Toledo did it the way it was suppose to be done. Needed 12 people for a candidate to be viable. Amy Klobuchar had 9 people so not viable. So her supporters went to other candidates.Big majority of people there said electoral college ...
Letter to the Editor:I moved here 10 years ago in order to teach at the elementary. Within that time, I have bought a house, learned more about our community, and have taken an active part in ensuring we have the best educators at STC. As a parent, teacher, and president of the South Tama ...
Letter to the Editor:As South Tama County's Superintendent, I am quickly realizing how polarizing a bond referendum vote can be for the community. Prior to taking this job, I have watched other school districts go through bond referendum votes and I've been appalled by how heated communication ...
Dear Editor,I am writing to respond to Mr. Adam Todd's recent opinion piece entitled "Property Tax Concerns" in the January 31 edition of the Tama News-Herald. As a parent, a property-owner, a Chelsea City Council member, and a teacher, I believe that Mr. Todd fundamentally opposes taxation on ...