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Opinion

Cornfields, common sense and community

Columnists

This week marked the end of the second major legislative deadline, known as the second funnel. The week was very busy as legislators from both chambers frequented each other to discuss their priorities for the session. While only a limited number of bills will ultimately become law, much effort ...

Seeing anew: On view at the Fisher Art Museum

Columnists

This is 11th in a series of ARTicles featuring newly restored paintings on display at the freshly renovated Marshalltown Arts & Civic Center (MACC). Each month a different painting will be featured. In 1958, Bill and Dorothy Fisher gifted Marshalltown an extraordinary legacy; a ...

MACC (Fisher) funding rejection

Your View

Very many of us are disappointed that the City Council did not pass the resolution to provide funding for the public use of the MACC (Fisher Center). Since the last city election, the naysayers have taken over and a lot of us no longer have representation. We thank our fine Mayor Greer for his ...

Letter to the Marshalltown Public Library Board of Trustees

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According to MPL policy, this Statement of Concern is to go to you and the agenda for the March 19, 2024, MPL board meeting. You are receiving it directly because the director rejects them. This will also be sent to the Letters to the Editor forum in the Times Republican and posted on the FB ...

God calls humans

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If the world is going to hear the good news of God, it will be done through the voices of those whom He calls. His call goes out to everyone, ever born. Throughout history we see the efforts of those who allowed themselves to become believers of the Creator. Some of the well-known people were ...

More for them, less for us

Columnists

In his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share” of taxes. Corporate tax dodging and CEO pay have gotten so out of control that many major U.S. companies are paying ...