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Opinion

Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight is back

Editorial

When a 737 roared into the sky above Fort Dodge Regional Airport just as the sun began to brighten the horizon this morning, one of the most unique and heartfelt tributes to area veterans was back in action. There were about 120 veterans aboard that plane, going to Washington, D.C., for free ...

Insurance tips for high school and college graduates

Local Columns

Graduating from high school or college is a major milestone and comes with new responsibilities, including managing insurance needs. Whether driving a car, renting an apartment, or planning for your health, understanding basic insurance coverage is essential for financial protection. For ...

Nurses dedicated to caring for all

Editorial

There is perhaps no profession that is so intertwined with an individual’s life as nursing is. Nurses are there to help bring new life into the world. They administer the vaccines, and help people get through all the various illnesses and injuries of a lifetime. And at the very end, nurses ...

Governor, legislature must support community college funding

Editorial

The Iowa legislature has gone into extra innings for its 2025 session, and the roughly $9 billion proposed state budget is the main obstacle to finishing it up. The lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds are haggling over big, big numbers trying to get a spending plan hammered out. We would like to ...

A walk in the park

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Recently I was walking my 30-pound golden doodle, Penny, on the nature trail. As we walked past Snell-Crawford Park, I noticed a young woman in the middle of the volleyball court struggling with a full grown pitbull. She lost control of the dog and it was on us faster than ...

Here’s how Congress can save millions of American jobs

Local Columns

Eight years ago, I worked with President Trump to enact the most significant simplification of our tax code in decades, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), also known as the Trump tax cuts. These tax cuts provided relief to every American, simplifying and reducing personal income taxes, and ...