Letter to the Editor:An article in the Des Moines Register on January 28 has this caption "Iowa Cities Tackle Deadly Dams". According to a group that calls itself the Iowa Whitewater Coalition, since 1900 one hundred ninety-two Iowans have drowned at dams. I am sure this group and the Iowa DNR ...
Letter to the Editor:My compliments to the People of the Meskwaki Nation. Regardless of your feelings about gambling, I would encourage you to visit the lobby between the hotel and casino.There you will find museum quality displays of Meskwaki history, beautiful black and white photos and ...
Dear Editor,Recently Tom Fiegen, a possible challenger to me for the Senate Democratic nomination, made a disturbing comment on his Facebook Page.In response to a Des Moines Register article, he said: "Farm Bureau is the environmental equivalent of the Klu (sp) Klux Klan." I have the utmost ...
Letter to the Editor:Coming legislature is talking about fixing Iowa roads. Either by raising the gas tax or having toll roads. In this cold weather who wants to try rolling down a frozen window to pay to use a toll road? In Tama county it wouldn't be bad but if you are in Des Moines at rush ...
Letter to the Editor:If you weren't one of the people in attendance at the Wieting Theatre Sunday afternoon, you missed a really fantastic performance by the bluegrass group Monroe Crossing, a four guy-one gal combo that gave an outstanding two hour rendition that ended with a rousing standing ...
Letter to the Editor:Acts of kindness, compassion and caring are hard to find these days. But to a special group of ladies and the kindness of a community, one has to look no further than the members of the C.S.A. Hall in Vining, Iowa.The benefit for Donna Dvorak held recently was a complete ...
Letter to the Editor:Well, here we are again going into December, and wondering where did the year go. It seems like just a few days ago the public works were fixing water leaks all around the city. People were complaining about the cold weather. Then people started mowing grass and soon forgot ...
Letter to the Editor:Kudos to the Tama-Toledo Chamber of Commerce for the great Halloween activities that were sponsored this year.It was wonderful to see families out together enjoying trick or treats, the hayrides and chili supper.This is what small town living is all about!I know it takes ...
Letter to the Editor:November is National Hospice Month, a time for us to educate about our services and reflect on how we deliver our care. More than 1.65 million Americans and their families seek hospice care each year and that number is growing. The focus is on comfort care and living life ...
Dear Mr Editor,I just wanted to commend the Tama City Council, or at the very least those that were present at the November 3rd meeting. I was so impressed with their attentiveness and respect to each citizen's opinion and viewpoints. It made me respect them even more. I imagine being a council ...