Dear Editor: I hear on the news republicans like governor Branstad and representative Lance Horbach saying state workers are getting to much benefits and need to sacrifice. Will Branstad sacrifice his pension of over $50 thousand a year he gets from taxpayers? He is not retired now but ...

To The Editor: March is Red Cross Month and the American Red Cross is asking you to join us in providing help and hope to people in need. The Red Cross works tirelessly to help those who need assistance, whether down the street, across the country, or around the world. We respond to ...

Dear Editor, Even in these difficult times, we can be grateful for the blessings we enjoy in this country, like our safe food supply and a wide variety of food choices. National Agriculture Week, March 13-19, is a great opportunity to celebrate Iowa’s abundant natural resources and the ...

Letter to the Editor: Congratulations, to the STC Varsity Girls Basketball team on having an excellent season and performing so well at the state tournament game! The team and the coaches worked hard to make what seemed like a dream a new reality. The size of the crowd and the sportsmanship ...

Letter to the Editor: It was brought to my attention last night, February 16, 2011, at the 1st round regional VGBB game at Grinnell that some adults wanted our spirit-filled student body to sit down during the game because they could not see over them while they sat. My first reaction was, ...

Letter to Editor: In regard to the article reporting on Tama County budget hearings for Economic Development and Keith Sash’s letter that followed, as well as my presence at that meeting, I too have some points which I would like to clarify.  My history in the Tama-Toledo community as well ...

Dear Editor: Subway is sueing Casey's because Casey's uses the word footlong to describe their sandwichs. Casey's say footlong is a genic name Have to agree with Casey's. Maybe WHO radio should sue the rock band the Who for using the same letters? I feel the only one that will get rich out ...

Editor’s Note: Part of the following submission from Gladbrook Mayor and Tama county Economic Development Board Member Keith Sash was not received by The News-Herald . The additional portion along with that previously published on Feb. 10 follows. Tama County Citizens,  I would like an ...

To the Editor: Hi. My name is T.J. Benner, and, Tama has always been my home. I’d like to tell the public about something positive in Tama. I have done my laundry at local laundromats for 20 years now. I want to thank Ed Hardon for taking a run-down laundromat and turning it in to a fine ...

Letter to the Editor: Ref: Series on U.S. 30 by Jean Reid and Dorothy Reid. I’m not sure when George Inman purchased the little cafe and gas station at N.E. corner of 13th Street and Harding, but it had to be prior to 1948 because he had been in business for a while when he leased the cafe to ...