Editor, we’ve got a local business that wants to expand, and our city leaders are telling him how many trees he needs around his expansion. I know of a building project years ago that gave up on his plans after the city council started adding on what he had to do. I hope city leaders think ...

With the consistent negativity expressed about the Marshalltown Public Library in the Times Republican from a local citizen, I decided it’s long overdue for me to express my appreciation to everyone involved in the running of our local library. That appreciation goes out to its director, ...

Editor, In August 2022, patron David B. offered to provide a one-year trial subscription to The Epoch Times to the MPL. Director Rosenblum countered by requiring a commitment of several year’s subscriptions (costing hundreds of dollars) up front. David B. declined. In Nov. 2022, My ...

It is frightening how Trump is destroying our democracy by ignoring our Constitution. Below are ways that Trump, like all aspiring dictators and oligarchs, gain power: 1. Curtailing freedom of the press: Suing ABC, CBS and The Wall Street Journal; refusing the Associated Press access to press ...

Often I look at memories from my birth, to this very moment. I was born an asthmatic and still have that same condition. But on December 7, 1941, The world changed for all countries, and all people. Japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor. The rest of the world was fighting Hitler and the Nazi’s. ...

I’m 71 and retired. I live on Social Security. On July 3, right after the U.S. House narrowly passed Trump’s budget bill, the Social Security Administration sent me an email saying “The bill ensures nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on ...