Thousands of Iowans suffer every day from the hidden pain that is mental illness. Many suffer in silence; a few are driven to the extreme action of taking their own life. All those who are afflicted with mental illness deserve the best care that modern medicine can provide. Sometimes, perhaps ...

During a big winter storm, lots of people like to stay inside, sipping their favorite hot beverage while they watch the white stuff pile up outside. But one group of people goes out in every storm, and the work of these unsung heroes makes it possible for everyone to travel in snowy ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, being observed today, is an appropriate time to recall an exceptional person. But more importantly, it’s a time to recommit the nation to the cause for which King died and the legacy he left for all of us. The famed civil rights leader, assassinated April 4, ...

On Monday, Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered a Condition of the State message to our state’s lawmakers that was anything but routine. She called upon her Republican majority in the Legislature to enact major changes in the state’s tax laws, its approach to unemployment policies and the options ...

A new kind of sentry is keeping an unblinking eye on activity in downtown Fort Dodge 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Actually, we should say that there are multiple unblinking eyes keeping watch, because this new sentry is a network of security cameras. Since the camera system went live ...

With the whole world seemingly focused on the COVID-19 vaccine and its boosters, we must not forget the importance of an older vaccine: the flu shot. Just about everyone has called in sick at some point, saying they had the flu when they were sniffling, sneezing, maybe running a fever and ...