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Opinion

What’s Happening at the Wieting?

Local Columns

Are you interested in trying out for the local production of "Our Town?" This is the week to do it. Try outs will be held a the Wieting Theatre Sunday, May 5, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.; Monday, May 6, 5:30 to 9:00 p.m.; and Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.Former STC teacher Mary-Fasse Shaw is ...

Calls Agian For Engineering School

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor:There is a bill getting funds to raze the Iowa Juvinal Home. (www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/iowa-lawmakers-budget-for-razing-selling-vacant-state-buildings-20190409)I would like an Engineering School there. I believe if we construct a Gant Chart, to see if ...

District 72 Update

Editorials

Newsletter for Thursday, April 25, 2019By the time you read this we may well not only be done with week 15, but done for the entire session. We are working hard to finish by Saturday, April 27. This was an intense weekof debate with more to come after I submit this newsletter. We completed ...

Protecting vulnerable seniors through Congressional oversight

Editorials

Last month, I held a hearing on the abuse occurring in nursing homes. The purpose was to shed light on the systematic issues that allow substandard care and abuse to continue within the nursing home industry.According to the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General, one-third ...

Meaning of famous phrases

Local Columns

As faithful readers of "Take A Mulligan," part of my obligation is not only to entertain you,(which seldom happens), for a moment but also sometimes to inform you, (which never happens). This column is one dedicated to "meaningless information everyone should know." The meaning of those famous ...

Cornfields, Common Sense and Community

Editorials

In the LegislatureWe are fourteen weeks into the legislative session, leaving us with only two weeks until the scheduled end of session. This deadline prompted discussion on a number of substantive topics this week and many hours debating on the Senate floor.On Tuesday the Senate passed a bill ...

District 72 Update

Editorials

Newsletter forThursday, April 18, 2019Week 14 of the session is done. The first year of a General Assembly is officially scheduled for 110 calendar days counting all 7 days of the week. Therefore our 110 days comes out to 15 weeks and 5 days which falls on Friday, May 3. Of course the ...

Here Comes the Sun

Letters to the Editor

We the people have angered Mother Nature She has thrust severe storms upon us Creating a holocaust of hardships and loss to mankind. We were warned.We the people took away the rich black Earth dumping and applying poison killing Natures gift of land to grow our food to feed The world. We were ...

Happy Easter to you!

Local Columns

Christianity has a myriad of denominations and each one probably has a slightly different doctrine that separates one from the other. However there are several instances when most Christian doctrines mesh united-one being Holy Week. The final week beginning with Palm Sunday and culminating ...