Letter to the Editor:People who walk your dogs please read.If you have invested in a dog, you have gained a family member for life. Most of you already know this as you are wise. The way I see a lot of dog walkers walking their family member makes me wonder if some of you have a death wish for ...

Letter to the Editor:I believe we have never had a better group of people running for the Presidency of the U.S. After spending much time comparing these candidates, I believe there is one who stands above the rest. That candidate is Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson. Dr. Carson was raised in dire ...

Letter to the Editor:Live in Toledo, Iowa. Why do people who have MediaCom get both Des Moines and Cedar Rapids tv stations?If you have Dish or Directv in Toledo, you only get Cedar Rapids (eastern Iowa) tv stations. Brother has Directv, lives in Marshalltown and he gets only Des Moines tv ...

Letter to the Editor:I read your article about the building on the corner of 3rd and Highway 63. The lady you talked with called it an Ice Cream Parlor. I do not remember it as that-rather I recall it being Theden Pharmacy which more than likely did have ice cream and a soda fountain as this ...

Letter to the Editor:On Monday, March 16, at approximately 6 a.m .our son left home to go to work in Waterloo. Less than two miles from home he struck one of the DNR's overpopulated deer. At 11 that morning trauma doctors in Iowa City worked to save his life. He had a ruptured spleen, several ...

Dear Editor:Toledo Heights Park has many recreational activities to offer the community, such as baseball fields, soccer fields, Frisbee golf, playground, walking trail, riding bicycles, etc. It is difficult to enjoy these activities when dog feces is littering the entire park. The snow has ...

Dear Editor,It seems we are always reading and hearing how we need more money for schools, but nothing is ever mentioned on what we would get in return. Here is a contract used for teachers back in 1923.This is an agreement between Miss ____________ teacher, and the Board of Education ...

-In response to the Lobbyist who criticized my letter regarding the fuel tax, I stand by the information I submitted. The majority of it was compiled by Iowans for Tax Relief, another well respected lobbying organization that has served Iowa taxpayers for many years.-But now, the new tax ...

I have had this envisionment of a WELCOME sign for Toledo ever since i got into office. I think I finally came onto something recently when i came across this sign company at a city conference I attended.I would like a finished project that is easy to maintain and still looks nice. I would ...

In the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a history professor of mine at the University of Iowa outlined for our class a scenario whereby a nuclear war could take place between the United States and the Soviet Union. He asked his students to imagine a situation in which East Germany might ...