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Opinion

Community-minded people needed for city council, other local offices

Editorial

Like our nation, our city is a democracy that needs the participation of the people to be a success. That participation is especially needed now as the community begins a local election cycle. It is time for citizens who are concerned about their city to take a step toward being more involved ...

Almost Home is working for the pets

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: There are exciting things going on here at the Almost Home Human Society of North Central Iowa. We are pleased to introduce our new executive director, Ashley Tuttle. Ashley comes to Almost Home with eight years of experience in the nonprofit world, with a background in human ...

Reality check on climate alarmists

Local Columns

Q: How is the Trump administration working to restore sanity to climate policies? A: In the previous Congress, I served as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The budget committee’s top job is drafting and enforcing the annual budget resolution that provides a public framework ...

Thankful for North 15th Street input, decision

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: We want to thank all the Fort Dodge residents who helped get signatures and who signed the petition to encourage the Fort Dodge City Council to vote against the proposal to reconfigure North 15th Street from the Village Inn intersection to the Kwik Star intersection (20th Avenue ...

Nothing compares to Iowa State Fair

Editorial

The time for eating all kinds of food on a stick while gazing at a cow sculpted in butter has arrived. Yes, we are talking about the Iowa State Fair, which begins Thursday and continues through Aug. 17. It may well be the grandest of our nation’s state agricultural festivals. Iowans ...