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Opinion

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Local Columns

At the Wieting Theatre's annual meeting new officers were elected. They are President, LeAnn Clemann, Vice President, Dallas Boerm, Secretary, Marie Mann, Treasurer, Michelle Evans and Past President, Denise Fletcher.A couple of fundraisers are lined up to help pay off Phase II.Mary Fasse Shaw ...

BITE UR ENGWISH! WATCH UR SPELWING!

Local Columns

I love the misspelled words I've collected over the years. So, I decided to put them all into a short story just for fun. (And these are for real-not made up!)"In my invirenment, I knotice sucamstanses that frastrited and made agretion in me. I din't asepted it and strogeling, I unbelantary ...

Pet peeves

Local Columns

I've been asking around and even asked on Facebook what your pet peeves were. Wow! Wow!There may just be a Part #1 and #2 column due to the exhaustive responses received. Every year around April Fools Day, we have our annual Pet Peeves column.We simply ask the question, "What are a few of your ...

Iowa Valley Bond Referendum: A Critical Need

Editorials

On Feb. 13, the Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling for a special election on April 2, 2019, for voters to approve a bond issue not to exceed $32 million (cost is $3.38 per month extra for an $100,000 assessed home ...

Iowa Valley’s $32 million bond issue: Decision time is Tuesday

Editorials

Campus security, needed infrastructure improvements and benefits to the educational opportunities provided by the Iowa Valley Community College District are some of the chief reasons supporters of the $32 million bond issue call for your vote next Tuesday, April 2.Voters in the South Tama and ...

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Local Columns

The next fundraiser for Phase II for the Wieting Theatre is a Trivia night. This will take place Saturday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. at Reinig Center. Buy into a table of 8 for $80.For more information or to reserve a table call Barb Jordan at 641-485-6091.Let's have a fun night and raise money to ...

Cornfields, Common Sense and Community

Editorials

Week nine in the Iowa Senate included some of the first major debate of this year. Just this week, we passed over 30 bills out of the Senate chamber.The Senate passed Senate File 536 on Wednesday, which took out a restriction in the Iowa code that limited the operation of tele-pharmacies in ...

Our valuable soil

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor:Do you remember playing in the dirt as a child? As a farmer, I love to play in my "dirt"-or soil- and because of the recent National Ag Week, I'd love to share with you how I protect that valuable resource.We start with "feeding" our soils nitrogen and phosphorous, or as I ...

Happiness is a journey

Local Columns

If you're over 30 or 40 years old, you've probably noticed by now that people are quirky Some people always have a smile on their face, are always "whistlin' Dixie" and are usually optimistic about things. Then there's the other side...the "boo birds," the ones who would find something to ...

What’s wrong with voting?

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor:What's wrong with voting? Why want to discourage it? A current bill in the Iowa legislature requires that a voter's signature be checked to see if it is the same as previous signatures. Yet people's handwriting changes due to illness and age, and no provision is being made ...