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Opinion

Schools are starting – drive safely

Editorial

Even though the calendar shows another month of summer to be enjoyed, for students and teachers, vacation days are ending. All across our area, they are heading back to school. Classes at St. Edmond Catholic School and the Manson Northwest Webster and Southeast Valley school districts began ...

The path to a better life begins at Iowa Central

Local Columns

Our purpose is very simple at Iowa Central Community College. We want students to come to Iowa Central and finish their degree or certification in the shortest amount of time possible, with the least amount of student loan debt, so they can go on and have a better life. It is a purpose we are ...

A new Backpack Buddies program is needed in Fort Dodge

Editorial

For 14 years, thousands of local kids relied on a unique program to keep their tummies full with good food on the weekends throughout the school year. Each Friday they picked up a backpack, or in more recent years, a bag, filled with nutritious food. That food was courtesy of a program called ...

Insurrection 2.0

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Just as in 2016 and 2020, Donald Trump is telling his supporters that the only way he can lose the election is if it is rigged. In 2016, Trump lost the election by more than 3 million votes, but won the presidency through the archaic Electoral College. In 2020, Trump lost the ...

The 10 Commandments

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: The decision to have an abortion or not is up to the woman and her doctor with God’s guidance. The government should have no laws concerning this issue. God gave us the 10 Commandments through Moses in Exodus 20 to live by. The Sixth Commandment states “Thou shalt not ...

Empowering Iowa small businesses to support America

Local Columns

Innovation should not just come from Washington when it is thriving right here in the heartland. In Iowa, small businesses make up 99% of businesses and employ more than 50% of the workers in our state. While these businesses have been put through the wringer by inflation and the unrelenting ...