To the editor: In response to the July 6, 2024, editorial: “Effort is needed to address abandoned buildings, homeless”. Preserve Fort Dodge, Inc. echoes this concern regarding abandoned buildings and homelessness. The issue is exactly what Preserve Fort Dodge, an Iowa non-profit ...
At the end of July, our national debt officially topped $35 trillion. This development comes just seven months after our country surpassed $34 trillion in debt and less than a year since our national debt eclipsed $33 trillion last September. As a father of four, I firmly believe that we ...
The steel framework of what will be a sports pavilion at Corridor Plaza seems to get bigger every day. On the opposite side of the property that used to be Crossroads Mall, a fence has gone up around the area where a Chick-fil-A restaurant will be built. Earthmovers are rumbling around ...
Today, eight of our fellow citizens are still being held in Gaza by the ruthless terror regime that wants nothing more than the death and destruction of Israel and the United States. I’ve met with the families of our American hostages numerous times — on the ground in Israel and in our ...
Illegal drugs can be found at the root of nearly every crime, ranging from a broken window to a homicide. Here’s how Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener describes it: “Our crime rate is driven by the influx and availability of illegal narcotics in our community.” What if something ...
Mother Nature may have won the battle when the Hruska family lost its house and widely beloved business to the raging currents of the Blue Earth River that swept away the land beneath the two century-old structures just 12 miles outside Mankato, Minnesota. But the Hruskas — 84-year-old ...