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MPL boardroom antics part 3

Regarding the TR article published Jan. 27, 2025, titled, “Director warns of “ Terrifying” legislation affecting MPL“ during Friends of the library meeting. Friends of the Library Pres. Hutton ”Said they, staff and board of trustees, have faced a lot of unnecessary criticism during ...

A time for grace

This week, a 3-year-old girl from Marshalltown passed away due to her injuries in a house fire on Monday, Feb. 10 despite the heroic acts of the Marshalltown Fire Department, Police Department, Call Center operators, UnityPoint Ambulance, UnityPoint Hospital and University of Iowa ...

Americans are no longer friendly

The criticism of USAID as a group of criminals reflects what many Americans support. Attacks on LGBTQ individuals align with the sentiments of a significant portion of the American populace. The lack of dignity and respect shown towards immigrants mirrors the attitudes of most Americans. The ...

New Trump section

I suggest that the T-R designate one new section of the paper to exclusively cover all the news about 45/47’s anti-democracy ravings. All of the news about the felon-in-chief should be in one section so that it will be handy for readers to wrap the garbage in or line the bottom of the bird ...

Let virtual kids test virtually

As a parent of a student at Iowa Virtual Academy in Marshalltown Iowa, I am writing to address a significant challenge facing virtual school students: the requirement for in-person state testing. This policy creates undue hardship for families and raises serious concerns about equity and ...

My first lady

Great kudos to the Episcopalian Lady Bishop who recently had the courage to explain true Christianity to senile old Donald Trump and his band of blind bullies. She has more backbone, brains, and compassion than all of them put together.