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Feenstra wants to be like Trump?

Randy Veenstra running for governor say he wants to be like Trump. Veenstra when will you pay a porn star to keep her mouth shut like Trump? Veenstra when will you bad mouth fellow republican, governor Reynolds like Trump did? Veenstra when will you declare bankruptcy multiple times like Trump ...

The Boys of Summer 2025

Parents waited, fans from Mason City waited, grandparents waited. On Thursday, June 12, our MHS Bobcats were supposed to have a doubleheader against Mason City, starting at 5 p.m. Around 4 p.m. we had a sudden rainstorm that came down fast and furious leaving our baseball field soaked and full ...

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Day

June 15, 2025 is World Elder Abuse Day. Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging joins communities across the world to promote awareness and highlight solutions to this systemic social challenge. As Americans, we believe in justice for all, but we fail to adhere to this value when we allow older ...

Fiction from Lewis and Ginter

Instead of responding to points made in my May 9th letter with facts, Lewis and Ginter respond with attitude May 13th and May 14th respectively. As to Lewis’s fiction, I did not gather signatures at Walmart. However, since I initiated the petition, I apologized to the manager for it. ...

The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bill

If you’re struggling to comprehend the massive and complex One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, you’re not alone. It’s complicated, messy and ominous. As written, it will slash at least $267 billion in federal dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – our country’s most ...

Joni Ernst: Drop dead

Senator Joni Ernst had a great fall in her Iowa town hall and the nation saw the first cracks in Humpty Dumpty. Her defense of the cuts in Medicaid to decrease the deficit rang hollow in that meeting place. It is becoming clear to even the one-eyed kings in the kingdom of the blind that ...