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Opinion

Iowa’s fruit and vegetable growers deserve recognition

Editorial

There’s more than corn and soybeans growing in Iowa’s rich soil. Iowa’s farmers grow staggering amounts of corn and soybeans, so it makes sense that those crops are the first ones many people associate with the state’s farms. But there is also a surprising amount of fruits and ...

Work of many made for softball tournament success

Editorial

The 2022 Girls State Softball Tournament did not end the way the Fort Dodge Dodgers and their fans had hoped that it would, but it still showcased our community and its outstanding sports complex. The fact that Fort Dodge has hosted the tournament for more than 50 years is a tribute to the ...

VP Harris keeps up the gaffes

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: President Biden’s many gaffes have been written about. Vice President Harris has some oldies but goodies of her own. In an interview with Craig Melvin on the Today show In January, Harris was asked if it was time for the administration to change course, to change strategy, ...

Salutes FDSH musical performance

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Congratulations on the outstanding coverage of Senior High’s award-winning 95th annual musical theater presentation “Footloose.” Lindey Krug, stage director, Matt Drees, vocal/choral director, their staff and students highly acclaimed performance recently at the Des Moines ...

The most essential ingredient in economic growth

Local Columns

We spend great amounts of time evaluating and developing plans and projects centered around community infrastructure and other local resources, but too often we ignore the most important ingredient to economic growth. The most important and essential ingredient is not really measurable and can ...