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Opinion

Fort Dodge deserves fiscal honesty

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I believe the hardworking taxpayers of Fort Dodge are being taken advantage of. The city of Fort Dodge is in a huge debt hole. The 2024 outstanding obligations for Fort Dodge are $197 million, as reported by Roby Smith, State of Iowa Treasurer. This debt hole includes ...

The heartbeat of Webster County

Local Columns

Recently, I was visiting with an older gentleman friend about what I should write about next. From across the table, a woman offered, "Farming." When I looked back, my friend looked me square in the eye and said, “Yep.” He knows I don’t come from a farming background, but we've had long ...

Sexton is right choice for USDA rural development job

Editorial

It may not seem like it right now, but at some point the federal government will get back to work. When it does, an area man will be playing the lead role in managing the United States Department of Agriculture’s rural development programs for the state of Iowa. Mike Sexton, of Rockwell ...

Iowa Central bond extension will help ensure a skilled workforce

Local Columns

As president of Iowa Central Community College, there is not a single day that passes without a business owner or community member asking me how we can increase the number of people in the skilled workforce that our region, state, and nation so desperately depend on. On Nov. 4, our region ...

Fort Dodge, Kosovo relationship is worthy of support

Editorial

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has Americans thinking about foreign affairs in a way that they probably have not done in a long time. Among other things, the war has made it clear once again that peaceful bonds of friendship need to be forged between countries, and the United States is no ...

Iowa Central bond is an investment in the future

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: As president of Iowa Central Community College, there is not a single day that passes without a business owner or community member asking me how we can increase the number of people in the skilled workforce that our region, state, and nation so desperately depend on. On Nov. 4, ...