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Opinion

Divine intervention

Columnists

The old priest asked me how I was doing. I had almost died of alcoholism a few short weeks before. I fell through the glass top of my coffee table, drunk, cut myself up like a hog ready for butcher and nearly bled to death. But it was the best thing that could have happened to me. The ...

District 53 Newsletter from Rep. Dean Fisher

Columnists

Week 2 of the session is done, and the committee work of moving bills through the system is well underway. The first bill that I’ve begun to advance is a resolution, House Joint Resolution 1, that seeks to add the right to hunt, fish and trap to the state constitution. Our rights to these ...

The inauguration of a felon

Your View

Watching the bizarre, the inauguration of a felon onto the seat of the U.S. presidency there can be no doubt the Chamber of the U.S. Capitol became the psychological rabbit hole. All the prayer invocations, political commentary, poems, songs, cheers, oaths, tales of grandeur were mere smoke ...

MAGA and King’s Dream

Columnists

I have written often that there is a common denominator in our deeply divided nation. That is the general sense that something is wrong. The points of departure among our large and diverse population are the perceptions about what the problems are and what must be done. In this spirit I ...

Iowa Valley forms partnerships in healthcare

Columnists

Have you ever considered starting a career in healthcare? Iowa Valley Business and Community Solutions (BCS) and our partners in healthcare provide opportunities though the Health Careers Registered Apprenticeship Program. This program offers Registered Apprenticeships for three career pathways ...