To the Editor: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources recently sent a letter to the Lake Delhi Water Quality District, indicating that the District must do much more to provide public access and protect water quality before $5 million in public funds are distributed to rebuild the Lake Delhi ...

Letter to the Editor:Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters decide they can vote for themselves largess from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public ...

To the editor:The Great Depression of the 1930's was a struggle - our people were hungry and desperate; soup kitchens abounded. I found one of my uncle's account books. He worked for 10 cents an hour building fence - hard work for less than a dollar a day. My mom said that her family of six ...

Letter to the Editor:I have a few election considerations to share with your readers.For those who have a computer, I would ask you to do a search on "What Does Bain Capitol Own". You are going to see that Romney and Bain own 850 radio stations, and they own the contracts of Rush Limbaugh, Sean ...

Letter to the Editor:I cannot disagree more with the letter Jeannie Sieck posted in the Tama News Herald. Democrats are not putting people back to work. There are 23.1 million people out of work, which is 1.6 million more than there were out of work in 2009. President Obama is not rebuilding ...

Dear Editor,This election is about change at the Tama County Sheriff's Office. The law is the law and policies are policies. These are all set forth by the State of Iowa. Whether it is Criminal law, Civil law, or Jail Policies; what needs to change is how our tax dollars are being spent and ...

Letter to the Editor:I am writing this letter in support of Bryan Ellenbecker for sheriff of Tama County. I have been reading the letters to the editor and paid ads for the sheriff's race with much interest. I believe the issues that Bryan has brought up are issues that need addressed.Bryan ...

Dear Editor:Last presidential debate Mitt Romney said when Obama became president we were $10. trillion in debt and Obama gave us another $6. trillion in debt for a total of $16. trillion. The problem Romney don't mention the huge surplus Clinton left Bush and the republicans. This tells me ...

Letter to the Editor:We've known Dennis Kucera for many years. Our opinion is he is an excellent Sheriff and has handled numerous problems of every kind in an efficient and professional method.We appreciate Deputy Ellenbecker's concern for 24-7 deputy being on duty at all times. However, we ...

Letter to the Editor:in the upcoming sheriff's election there is considerable discussion on providing 24 hour coverage. I understand both sides of this discussion as I have been there. What has got me thinking is that when I left the sheriff s offtce we were providing law enforcement services ...