I stumbled across an old menu the other day on social media, one claiming to be from 1937, for the passengers on a German zeppelin crossing the Atlantic. “Breakfast,” it read, “on board the airship Hindenburg.” The words dotted the page in elegant script like a poem: “Coffee, ...

The silent illness. The quiet struggle. The painful journey. The tragic end. Day in and day out, we are witnessing the increasing number of lives lost to suicide. Even in rural and tight-knit communities like Marshall County, we are not immune from this public health concern. The ...

As a lifelong Iowan and proud representative of one of the most productive agricultural districts in the country, I will always stand up for Iowa farmers and our rural communities. Since my first day in office, I have been committed to delivering real results for the farmers who feed and fuel ...

On behalf of this community, all Iowans and our Nation, I extend sincere condolences to the families of Staff Sgt. William “Nate” Howard and Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar on their unimaginable loss of life only one short month ago. On December 13 while Americans watched football ...

Louisville Urban League President Lyndon Pryor said something at the organization’s annual Impact Luncheon last month that has been stuck on replay in my head ever since. I’m paraphrasing here, but he told the crowd, “If you’re wondering what you would do in the face of injustice, ...

One gift that 2025 gave us is clarity: President Trump’s rhetoric bears no resemblance to the reality of what he is doing to our country. We learned who really matters to Trump and the Republicans running Congress — the billionaire tech lords and big corporations that got huge tax cuts ...