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Letters to the Editor

Book Banning

Recently, a small group of concerned parents met with state legislators about the books available in public schools. They said schools had treated them shabbily when they presented their concerns, and they also pointed out books that they found objectionable. I am sorry and surprised that ...

Why Fisher is wrong about the Transgender bill.

Representative Fisher, Grassley, et al. are intending to push a transgender bill through the Iowa legislature. Similarly, Women for Liberty are zeroing in on the LGBTQ abuses that target our children in schools. The electorate see's that several psychological associations say this will ...

Opera Iowa’s Beauty and the Beast by Andre Gretry

Toledo PEO Chapter DF is proud to sponsor Opera Iowa’s Beauty and the Beast by Andre Gretry Friday, March 10, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wieting Theatre and would like to invite the community to this event. Opera Iowa uses a more traditional version of the story of Beauty and the Beast. Belle and ...

Letter to the Editor: Brenna Bird

Dear Editor: Iowa Republicans like Brenna Bird blame democrats for illegals in Iowa. It is republicans who have complete control in Iowa, not democrats. It was a republican farmer who hired the illegal that murdered Mollie Tibbetts. When I worked in a meat packing plant that hired ...

Letter to the Editor: Would Fisher run against Hinson or Ernst?

I'm sure Dean Fisher didn't like Ashley Hinson or Joni Ernst voting to allow gay marriage to be legal. Would Dean Fisher run against Hinson or Ernst in a Republican primary, or is Dean Fisher scared he would lose to them? If Dean doesn't run against either one of them, in my opinion, scaredy ...

Farmers or Republican businessmen?

Republicans bellyache about gas prices and blame Democrats for not having a gas pipeline in Iowa. It’s republican farmers who don't want the pipeline, saying it will lower their property value. If Republican businessmen fight for a pipeline and go to court against republican farmers who are ...

Imposing Questions to Voters

Election season is always a hectic, stressful time for the young and old. A time of advertisement annoyance and campaign signage stapled through yards. Even family dinners brim with heated debates based on either facts or opinions. Everyone's views are valid because they deserve to have a right ...

Support for a 5-Member Board of Supervisors

Please support the Public Measure on the November 8th General Election Ballot that would increase the number of Tama County Supervisors from three to five members. Two more sets of fresh eyes to scrutinize, debate, and vote on all the expenditures of our county would be most beneficial and ...

Vote Brodigan for Supervisor

Do you believe in electing the most qualified candidate to do the job of safeguarding your tax dollars? If you do, the choice is clear in the November general election. Vote for Randy Brodigan for Tama County Supervisor. Randy is experienced in county affairs. He worked in Tama County for ...