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We need a new secretary of agriculture

Just days after Mike Naig announced that he will seek another term as Iowa Sec of Agriculture, he finally realizes that thousands of Iowa farmers and hundreds of thousands of Iowans have lost their health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Where was he during the past six months when we knew the One Big Beautiful Bill was the reason for the ACA subsidy cuts? Why didn’t he speak up then? Why didn’t Congress respond to calls to restore the subsidies? Their response? A government shutdown — the longest in history. Even then, Republicans did nothing to restore ...

53rd District run

On Feb. 23, the Secretary of State’s office is open for it’s elections department to accept petitions to run for office. After never getting out of the primary, I’m still incouraged at the 60 votes I got last time. I’ve been trying to think of subjects that resonate with the voters of the 53rd District and since I’ve been spending some time with my dad in the nursing home, I recently remarked to Shawn, a doctor friend of mine, that practically everybody there is in a wheelchair. He said they do that to reduce liability. I remarked if the doctors were in charge instead of the ...

Joni Ernst stands for life

Of course Senator Ernst stands for life, since she made sure to tell us that we’re all going to die.

Tupper running for Iowa House

Reading the paper, I had to laugh, Tupper running for Iowa House of Representatives District 52. Tupper said I’m not a politician, yeah right with speed dial to newspaper or anyone else who would take his picture to get in paper. While he was Chief, we lost 12 good police officers. Tupper came from the Nevada police force. I’ve talked to at least 12 couples and individuals, told them he retired and is moving back to Nevada, and was told hell no, no way, you keep him, we don’t want him back. I’m sure if anyone would like to know more they could contact the Johnson family from ...

Concerns of an Iowa voter

Iowans should be a little concerned about some troubling developments that seem to be showing up in a couple of candidates running for a couple of very important offices in our state. Randy Feenstra is running for governor as a Republican and is proud of the over $4.5 million he has raised for his campaign. If you dig down into the origins of this sizable war chest Summit Agricultural Group along with the CEO of Summit and some good old boy RINOS in the US House and their various political action committees seem to be major contributors. These actions are legal, but Mr. Feenstra is ...

Emergency Food Box thanks you

The Emergency Food Box Board is taking time to evaluate 2025 and plan for 2026. The Board wants to thank the community for their support. The community has embraced this mission with many caring volunteers and the resources needed to carry out our mission. In the fall of 1981, the churches of Marshalltown formed a committee called, “Churches United for Compassion and Concern.” This committee studied the needs of Marshalltown residents. After study and careful planning, the Emergency Food Box (EFB) became a reality. In May 1983 the EFB began serving the food needs of the Marshalltown ...