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Says Grassley is an embarrassment

To the editor: Iowa’s senior Senator, Chuck Grassley, is an embarrassment to Iowans who stand for honesty, who have a strong moral compass, who respect all people and who honor the Constitution. The man Grassley stood with on the stage in Des Moines, on Oct. 9, defiles all those standards with no regrets or apologies. Grassley has mildly criticized Trump in the past, but now that he is running for the Senate again, he has found merit in Trump’s actions taken in regard to the Presidential Election. Grassley has actually praised Trump for the way he has reacted to his loss and ...

Celebrates Fort Dodge Kiwanis Club’s 100 years

On May 20, 1920, a new organization was started whose motto today is “Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.” This has been true in Fort Dodge for over a hundred years. Although COVID has delayed their celebration, they will bring the community together on Tuesday to show their appreciation. I had the fortune to serve as their president in 2010-2011. I am unable to attend the event, but want to thank the Kiwanis Club of Fort Dodge for getting me started on my Kiwanis journey and wish them the best ...

Wonders when COVID-19 will end

To the editor: When is the COVID-19 virus going to end? When the 67 million ignorant people get vaccinated? When they lose a child, wife, husband or best friend? So far 540 U.S. children have died and 720,000 people since it started. (Editor’s note: 734,000 deaths in the U.S. have been attributed to COVID-19.) Only the survivors can answer these questions. How many would be here today if they would have gotten their shots? The virus bug doesn’t care, but you should by now. And like I said before, regardless of your religion and praying, God cannot stop you from getting the virus ...

I thought ethanol was the clean fuel

To the editor: I attended recently on Oct. 13, at the Heartland Museum in Clarion, the public informational meeting of Summit’s Carbon Solutions LLC, on the proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that plans to tap into the ethanol plants in the Midwest and capture initially half of the CO2 emissions of the ethanol plants. With only half of the CO2 emissions captured, there is still a lot of CO2 being emitted at the ethanol plants. New information I learned was ethanol production is not as clean as I previously believed. Summit pointed out that 31 ethanol plants in the Midwest emit 12 ...

Thanks representatives for making Iowa roads safer

To the editor: On behalf of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, local bicyclists would like to thank state Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink and state Rep. Ann Meyer for their work advocating for safety on Iowa’s roads. Kraayenbrink has worked for years on the Senate Transportation subcommittee for the bill to add distracted driving to the driver’s education curriculum (HF380). The bill was signed by the governor this session. Thank you, Senator! We also want to thank Meyer for leading the charge on the hands-free driving legislation in the House, and Kraayenbrink for his work on the hands-free ...

Endorses Schuur for City Council

To the editor: To voting citizens of Fort Dodge. I am writing to request you re-elect Lydia Schuur on Nov. 2. Lydia has served the citizens of Fort Dodge as councilwoman at large for the last four years. During those four years Lydia has fulfilled her campaign promises. Lydia got into city office to help make our town a place her children and your’s would be proud to call home. Where they would want to stay, work and play and raise their children in. Lydia also promised to listen to the people of Fort Dodge, to consider their opinions and ideas before making any decision that ...