As temperatures drop and families spend more time indoors, fire safety becomes even more critical. Each year, thousands of home fires occur across the United States—many of them preventable with a few simple precautions. The Marshalltown Fire Department is encouraging residents to take ...

Millions of Americans are struggling with the high cost of services and goods this holiday season, as politicians in Congress seem stuck in the past rather than looking out for our future. The ACA has been in place for 15 years now. Despite its proven track record and majority support for the ...

BY AIMEE GAULEY My husband has a lifelong affliction. He has learned to live with it better than I have. He becomes selectively deaf and blind when sports are on. If there is a game on, the room could explode around him and he won’t notice until commercial break. I know there are millions ...

Ever since Notre Dame’s football team was cheated (yes, cheated) out of playing in the college football championship playoffs, the news has been filled with articles by sportswriters who are incensed that the team decided not to participate in one of the remaining bowl games that are not part ...

Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse. Donald Trump seems to be undoing American greatness at warp speed. Sure, the United States ...

Our world is awash in plastic. From single-use water bottles and food packaging to synthetic clothes, shoes, and even nail polish, our overreliance on plastic is spreading a toxic, chemical-laden material all over the planet — including in our own bodies. Most Americans are sick of plastic ...