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Bible Truth or Tradition: Who God is according to Jesus

Whether we are reading from the Old Testament (Hebrew text) or the New Testament(Greek text), we should know that God does not change. ““For I am the LORD (Hebrew “Yahweh,” this is God’s personal name forever according to Exodus 3:15), I do not change;” Malachi‬ ...

Futures Files

A Hot Mess for Commodities Canadian wildfires and smoke continue to affect commodities through Friday. The hot, dry conditions associated with the fires have hindered wheat, canola and barley crops in and around Canada and the US states experiencing smoke coverage. The timber industry faces ...

Property tax relief: Putting Iowa homeowners first

When your home state is repeatedly rated as one of the worst in the country for property tax burdens, something has to change. When you are consistently hearing from Iowans worried about property taxes year after year, something has to change. And when the same entities complaining about ...

ISU’s Lake LaVerne: A Time Capsule of Emotions

I see where Iowa State's Lake LaVerne has been drained and they are dredging it to make it deeper. (I don't know why they call it a lake. Being from rural Iowa, I would call it a pond.) In the process of dredging Lake Laverne they have found all kinds of odds-and-ends of stuff like it was a ...

It’s time to end temporary fixes for E15

Economic development is often viewed through the lens of attracting new businesses, but growth also depends on supporting the industries that built our communities and will drive them for generations. Few industries demonstrate this more clearly than ethanol. Iowa leads the nation in ethanol ...