May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I want to highlight a group that often gets overlooked: residents of nursing homes. It’s just as important to prioritize the mental health of our friends and loved ones as much as we prioritize their physical safety and health. Transitioning to a ...

In Ecclesiastes 9:9-12 Solomon was telling people how to live and love life, with their families. He was being sarcastic because these folks loved human life more than any Godly relationship. The Jewish folks lived for this life only, forgetting that there was an eternal side that must be ...

After reading countless complaints from Mr. John Worden from Green Mountain concerning the reluctance of the Marshalltown Library to display the Epoch Times and The American Rifleman I would respond by saying the Library is under no obligation to cater to Worden’s whims. I subscribe to many ...

Republicans can govern? They have a super majority in the Iowa house and Iowa senate. Republicans are wasting taxpayer money fighting with each other. When will republicans blame Biden for this? Next thing republicans tell us they believe in marriage. Just ask divorce republicans like ...

Walmart stores prohibit solicitations in their facilities and on their parking lots so I was surprised to discover John Worden bragging about gathering 200 names on a petition at the Marshalltown Walmart against local library policies. In a letter in the Times Republican last Monday, he ...

On Sunday, April 27, the American Legion Memorial Golf Course held a fundraising golf tournament with proceeds going towards the 2024 debt relief. Our tournament would not have been successful without the support of many community members and businesses. Thank you to the following sponsors and ...