The Fifth Judicial Court of McPherson County, Spink County, Edmunds County, South Dakota has offered Iowans a temporary reprieve by refusing to allow private industry to use public domain to claim land for the CO2 pipeline. We need to make this a permanent reprieve by pressuring Kim Reynolds ...

The US has a budget deficit because the government spends more than it receives. Deficits have continued in Republican and Democratic administrations. Deficits can be reduced by increased taxes or decreased spending or both. This letter provides facts about taxing only the wealthy. The ...

In Marshalltown, District 4 our Representative is Randy Feenstra. I’m not surprised if people don’t know that. He doesn’t talk to constituents, and he follows the national party establishment and corporate donors in their land grab for the CO2 pipeline. But some people are tired of ...

Professor Deborah Stone in her book “Policy Paradox” says paradoxes are nothing but trouble. They violate the most elementary principle of logic. Something cannot be two different things at once. Two contradictory interpretations cannot both be true. In the week of the Democratic ...

I have lived and farmed in Marshall County for over 30 years. I work hard every day of the year to provide for my wife and kids. I raise crops, some livestock, and I do everything I can to take care of my land and animals so my family can continue to survive on the farm. We work hard while our ...

School kicks off fully in Marshalltown on September 3. We want to thank and encourage all of the education professionals in our community. Marshalltown is blessed to have exceptional public and private schools. Working in education is a tough gig. There are a lot of people looking for reasons ...