To the editor: JD Scholten has traveled to all 375 communities in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District in the past two years, working to earn your vote. In my 60-plus years of living in Iowa I have not encountered a candidate for any office who matches Scholten’s effort. Our country ...

To the editor: We are writing as former members of the Iowa Senate, Democrat and Republican. Neither of us agree 100 percentof the time, but we have always respected the other’s right to their opinions, views and thoughts. We both were involved in very competitive races and tried to act as ...

To the editor: America’s newspapers provide the valuable service of information. At the top of many papers they have the First Amendment. That’s right, it was the very first one, so the founding fathers must have thought it was important. When (Colin) Kaepernick took a knee, it wasn’t ...

To the editor: A democracy is a very fragile thing. It can easily be eroded. I revere our Constitution and Bill of Rights. The very first article in the Bill of Rights gives us freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press. These rights are the very backbone of a democracy. ...

To the editor: All of us need to vote this Nov. 3. We are at a crossroads in America and need to stand up and do our duty. We have listened to all of our candidates and it’s time to vote. We have many great candidates seeking office this election, two of them of Charles Clayton, who is the ...

To the editor: The American flag: “only the state flag goes on the pole under the American flag. The state flag can go on another pole with banners under it. Any other way is a disgrace to the flag. Will the Trump workers that took the sign I had in my yard please return it. Michael ...