There are three crosses on the hillside, above a pond, with crops of soybeans or corn in the background and the rising sun if you should pass by early in the morning. They’re right at, exactly, Mile Marker 76 on Highway 218, going north to Iowa City. It’s a mile or so north of the Highland ...

Measles is a “cost of doing business,” says a highly placed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I’d like to know what business that is. To be fair, let me finish the CDC principal deputy director’s quote. Ralph Abraham said that measles is a cost of doing ...

Nick Larson and a quarter of Iowa farmers get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. When ACA provisions expired at the end of 2025, Larson’s family faced an immediate tax increase of $3,000 per year. Skyrocketing health care prices are only one challenge Iowa farmers are ...

I love Iowa. After growing up in Ottumwa and graduating from Indianola’s Simpson College, I worked in South Dakota at the start of my career. I enjoyed my years in the Mount Rushmore State, but their higher education system pales in comparison to Iowa’s, and the same is true of other ...

If you visit one of our schools in Marshalltown, you will likely see students participating in unique learning activities. This may include baking for the Bobcat Cafe, learning phonics at one of our elementaries, or tackling complex problems for a business partner through our 3DE ...

This week, Iowa House Republicans released House Study Bill 596, our property tax proposal to put the taxpayers first. This plan is not about protecting the status quo for taxing entities; it is about creating predictability and protecting the bank accounts of hardworking Iowans. For too long ...