On Tuesday, Representative Ruth Ann Gaines, a 42-year teacher at East High School in Des Moines, moderated a forum featuring five current students from East. It was held on the one-year anniversary of the shooting outside the school that killed one student and injured two others. The ...

Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices published in newspapers remain relevant and necessary. A bill filed in the newly formed Technology Committee just over a week ago moved through committee in two days and last week moved through the Ways and Means Committee in one ...

Spring is nearly upon us. We are all thinking about home repairs, driveway repairs and yard projects. Homeowners should be cautious about who they hire to do this work. Spring and summer are prime times of the year for home repair frauds to occur. Unfortunately, and far too often, elderly ...

Isaw the advertisement for the fox call in an old Outdoor Life magazine. A neighbor gave me all his old Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines, and I devoured them like candy. I was 12 years old. The advertisement read: “Drives fox crazy. Guaranteed to bring fox to you, even in ...

Jan. 6 was, according to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer explained that the riot of Jan. 6 was a “violent insurrection.” And in order to preserve democracy, Schumer stated, Fox ...

“Votes for Women!” was a showdown between Alice Paul, 28, versus Woodrow Wilson, 56, which opened with a colorful Washington parade on March 3, 1913, with thousands of women from all over the nation. Here came the young guard of suffrage, modern and out on the streets for all to witness. ...