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Delivering year-round E15 as Renewable Fuels Month ends

May is Renewable Fuels Month – a time where we can recognize the Iowa farmers, producers, and innovators who power America with homegrown energy while strengthening our economy and national security. Representing one of the largest biofuels producing districts in the nation, I have remained ...

Cheerios Contaminant

I like Cheerios, the plain kind, not Honey Nut, although they’re okay. I’ve been eating 100% Whole Grain Oat Cheerios for years. Not with sugar, either. (As a kid, we were allowed one spoonful of sugar.) Cheerios is my favorite cold cereal, or food in general. It’s healthy for you, I ...

Lights! Camera! Apgar! The legacy endures: Generativity in action, Part 2

In anticipation of the Apgar Family Water Plaza opening on June 6 at 11am in the Linn Creek District, this is part two of the second of three articles documenting the legacy of the Apgar Family in Marshalltown. For 3 generations the family documented, and therefore preserved, key moments in ...

Marshalltown’s future takes shape in new comprehensive plan

The City’s new Comprehensive Plan, Reimagine Marshalltown, is scheduled to be finalized by the City Council in July. The plan will serve as a long-range guide for decisions about growth, redevelopment, housing, transportation, parks, public facilities, infrastructure, economic development, ...

Lights! Camera! Apgar! The legacy endures: Generativity In action, part 1

In anticipation of the Apgar Family Water Plaza opening on June 6 at 11am in the Linn Creek District, this is part 1 in the final in a series of 3 articles documenting the legacy of the Apgar Family in Marshalltown. For 3 generations the family documented, and therefore preserved, key moments ...

Why I’m running for U.S. Senate

This race comes down to one simple question: why are working Americans falling further behind while Washington insiders and special interests keep getting richer and more powerful? Iowans are facing harsh economic realities created or enabled by government policies. Inflation has crushed ...