The integrity of our elections and the power of our vote are vital to the health of our democracy. The United States remains a beacon of hope and promise because the people – not politicians – determine the outcome of elections with their voice and their vote. We have witnessed this ...
Minutes before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke last week in Des Moines to an influential social conservative audience, the presidential aspirant’s wife beamed in the front row as she sat next to Iowa’s wildly popular governor, Kim Reynolds, and key Republicans. Casey DeSantis had reason ...
Employee turnover. So many hiring managers dread finding and hiring new talent for their teams. Iowa Valley isn’t immune to this — we are working through employee transitions throughout our organization (from the top, down.) For better or worse, employee turnover is a reality in ...
Deer are common, very common, and so widespread across the USA, the Midwest and throughout Iowa that discussion about this critter will always bring one’s ears to alert status with a new variation on where and when questions are asked. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are a long ...
I would like to comment on the “Your View” opinion piece “Assimilation.” I would first like to start off by suggesting the author of this piece actually learn and understand what assimilation is. Through a simple Google search, assimilation in the American culture is defined as “a ...
In the first chapter of Samuel we see a distressed woman. She is begging God to bless her with a child. In fact, if He would do that, she would give the child to the work of the Temple; when he was old enough. God heard her plea and healed her. Hannah kept her promise when Samuel was three. ...