Republicans can govern? They have a super majority in the Iowa house and Iowa senate. Republicans are wasting taxpayer money fighting with each other. When will republicans blame Biden for this? Next thing republicans tell us they believe in marriage. Just ask divorce republicans like Trump, ...
I have a hard time saying no. Do you want ice cream? Of course I do. Would you help me with this? Sure. Want to go to the Mall of America quick? Why the hell not. This tendency to say yes and not no, comes with some risks that I am fully aware of. I live a decently healthy lifestyle and avoid ...
One of the things I want most from the bat cave is the bat phone. You know, the red emergency line phone; that would be cool. And, if I did have that, it would have rang last week. So, I was at home, it was Tuesday, I had just loaded my plate up with seconds from supper when my Ma's phone ...
About a year ago, my sister, Jenna asked me to dance with her in one of her senior dance solos. If you’re unaware, I am not really the dancing type, this was very much out of my comfort zone. After all was said and done, no one brought me flowers. With the feeling of immense despair and ...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental wellness is an important topic in my life and has been for many years. I have assisted many in my personal and professional life who need support in these areas. In my early teen years, I lost an aunt to suicide. A few years later, I lost my ...
Wow! A day to honor all the Mothers. That special day that the kids and Dad do all the household chores and come Monday, Mom has to try to clean up the mess in the kitchen, fix the vacuum cleaner, rearrange the dishes, pot and pans into their proper places and also try to figure out how ...
April has been a great month of warmer temperatures and finally some much needed rain! The budget development process is now behind us for the year, but we will continue to monitor it as the year progresses. Our Supervisor meetings are running smoothly and the agendas are still very full. You ...
As we have had a very busy start to our tenure at the Tama County Supervisors’ office, I wanted to reach out to give an update as to what we have accomplished in a very short amount of time from our perspective. Contrary to what you read on a regular basis from a disgruntled former ...
Spring has not been kind to me and the good days one could play golf, were those days I was surprisingly busy. But finally I got the old clubs out, cleaned the golf balls, found a few tees and I went out to play my first round of golf of 2025. It was not pretty. No one's first outing is ...
Editor's Note: Chris Behrens submitted his resignation as interim Tama County Zoning Administrator/Weed Commissioner on Wednesday, April 30. His resignation is set to be addressed during a Friday, May 2 meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Well, our Board of Supervisors has done it again. ...