Success during the 2023 pheasant season has Iowa hunters eagerly awaiting this year’s opening day and with bird population estimates similar to two years ago, hunters are expecting another great fall afield. Pheasant hunting has been an Iowa tradition spanning generations. This year, it ...

Over the last several weeks, we’ve received negative reports and forecasts about the economy and our fiscal outlook. Inflation rose in September — opposite expectations — and was up 2.4 percent from just a year prior while the National Federation of Independent Business’s Small Business ...

When voters in the Marshalltown Community School District head to the polls on Tuesday, November 5, the ballot will include a bond referendum. If it’s approved, the district will be able to preserve one of the city’s historic buildings so that it can continue serving students. The ballot ...

By BRAD PFANTZ How time flies. It was almost exactly 12 months ago, leading up to last year’s bond vote, that I wrote the last of a three-part series for ‘The Hot Spot’ about the history of our past fire stations, the need for additional space, and the plans for a new facility. ...

A family acquaintance was on Vice President Dick Cheney’s Secret Service detail during George W. Bush’s presidency. His Christmas photo one year was a portrait of him, his wife and Cheney together at a White House reception. Back then, the agent entertained us with stories of people lining ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention month. Domestic violence is commonly defined as a pattern of coercive, abusive and threatening behaviors aimed at gaining power and control over an intimate partner. Domestic violence is an issue that can affect anyone, regardless of age, ...