I have enjoyed reading the articles about Marshalltown’s recovery from the tornado. After reading the article about the various additions of art to the community my friend and I took a walk to the Veterans Pocket Park on the East side of the Coliseum. We were expecting grass but we were so ...

Since when has the philosophy of assimilation gone by the wayside. When you have multiple languages that can’t communicate you don’t have a country. Way to go politicians you couldn’t write a script any better on how to destroy a country in the name of compassion and cheap labor. You are ...

In June Gov Reynolds and Senator Edler clapped a door shut on the auditor and even the courts when House File 478 was passed and signed. Now the auditor cannot audit the taxpayer’s money. The job of the Iowa Auditor is set forth in the Iowa Constitution, yet all but 6 Republicans voted to ...

Editor, thank you for this opportunity to respond to misconceptions expressed by Alan Thoreson in the June 20 edition. Instead of accepting the biased fact check industries spin on The American Rifleman and The Epoch Times and instead actually held and read with an open mind several copies of ...

Edmund Burke once said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” To me, those are great challenging words that you and I need to hear! We have a lot of moral concerns in our country right now. Can we work together in fixing our moral concerns? In the ...

On behalf of the cadets of the Marine Cadets of Iowa (MCI), I would like to recognize the Rotary Club of Marshalltown for its recent gift to our organization. MCI used this donation to purchase training materials to support our first aid and emergency care training programs. The Marshalltown ...