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Property tax relief shouldn’t come at the expense of Iowa Central

To the editor: As the Legislature debates property tax reform, I want to be very clear about what’s at stake for Iowa Central Community College and the communities we serve. Community colleges account for just 2 to 3 percent of the average property tax bill. That’s a small slice. Limiting that portion will not meaningfully change what most Iowans pay. But it will have a very real impact on students, workforce training, and local economies. At Iowa Central, those dollars are not sitting in a flexible pot. They are largely restricted by law to essential costs—facilities, ...

Trump’s insult to Christians

To the editor: In posts he personally approved and shared, Donald Trump circulated images depicting himself as a miracle worker—laying hands on the sick—and standing shoulder to shoulder with Jesus in a posture suggesting spiritual intimacy and authority. These are not casual visuals; they deliberately frame a political figure in overtly sacred terms, inviting viewers to see him through a religious lens rather than a civic one. Christianity centers on humility, repentance, and the clear distinction between the divine and the human. Images that blur that line — casting a ...

Criticizes president’s response to pope

To the editor: President Donald Trump overstepped his authority, outstepped his ego, thinking he needed a response to the pope’s statement, opinion, about the Iran war. He probably lost thousands of voters. Eugene Anderson Fort Dodge

Animals need our help

To the editor: When people need assistance, they yell, help! When an animal needs assistance, they wait and wait and wait for that one person to save them. Atlas was starving to death; freezing to death and yearning for someone, anyone to just see him..to see him and not turn away....but, no one came. I don't know what was on the minds of the neighbors who apparently made numerous calls to law enforcement informing them of the poor condition of a neighbor’s dog, Atlas. I don't know what was on the minds of law enforcement or the persons involved with animal control when they ...

Concerned about the direction of the country

To the editor: Where there's opportunity, there’s an opportunist. We’re now in Iran and the Middle East. Oppressed people for years and no way changing their government but by force and bombings. It’s like attacking a beehive and more bees retaliate. So, we now have other countries and our bases and embassies being attacked too. More Americans threatened and the loss of lives patriotic? We’re told this is because of bombs being possible in Iran. I wonder how long our country will be safe from this fallout? All we voted for was cheap costs for groceries, insurances, possible ...

Honors brother who was killed in Vietnam War

To the editor: Sixty years ago on March 9, 1966, my brother Delbert Peterson died in Vietnam. Delbert was born on May 11, 1939, the first of seven children born to Bernice and Raymond Peterson of Manson. Delbert graduated from Manson High School in May 1957. He entered Iowa State University in the fall of 1957. He enrolled in ROTC at Iowa State and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force upon graduation from Iowa State in July 1962. In August 1965 Delbert was assigned to receive special training flying the AC-47, a Douglas DC-3 commercial airliner converted for ...