Christina Blackcloud is running to be our state representative. Voters need to know more about her before giving their support. Her credentials are remarkable and impressive. She holds two BA degrees - one in business management and administration and the other in human resources. She ...
My name is Greg Nennig. I have multiple sclerosis. I have been a neighbor of Tony Reed for over two decades. I’ve had two trees in my front yard that blew over due to straight-line winds about seven years ago. Tony cut them up and hauled them away. He has always helped me and always helped ...
Senator Ernst — How does it feel to be called a “sucker” and a “loser” by the president? Any chance you’ll call out this guy for denigrating and disrespecting current and former members of the military, especially those uniformed men and women who perished in their service to our ...
Almost every week, I see on TV an incident where a police officer pulled someone out of a burning car, or an officer helped revive an infant which had stopped breathing next to its hysterical mother. An officer helped deliver a baby one day because the couple didn’t make it to the hospital in ...
A very long time ago God had the necessity of making an “in your face” proclamation to his people. They had long since disobeyed his voice and each one did as they wanted. Scripture reveals a few names such as Elijah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, but there are many names that are not. Jeremiah was ...
Most of us frequently rely on the efficiency of the U. S. Postal Services, where a 50-cent stamp can mail a letter across the nation in just a few days. Well, not anymore. Our postal service is now another target of Trump cronyism and chaos. In June, Pres.Trump appointed one of his major ...
President Trump, interestingly, decided it’s too dangerous to have a Republican National Convention but it should be mandatory that all schools — except his son’s — reopen under the threat of losing federal funds. In justifying his position, he said, “Children are almost immune,” ...
I’m A’Ja Lyons, a Black Boone resident and one of the lead organizers of the Boone Black Lives Matter march. Boone County and Story County friends and neighbors came in droves to show that Black lives will matter in Boone. There were negative reactions, but the love shown has been louder ...
I hate wearing a face mask. Absolutely hate it! The thing fogs up my reading glasses and my sunglasses so I can’t see. It makes me sweat so profusely that my carefully straightened bangs frizz up and then stick to my forehead. It smells in there. It makes my ears stick out and destroys my ...
It is difficult to keep an upbeat attitude during this pandemic with the restrictions imposed on our daily lives. Thus, for me it was a jolt to see Police Chief Mike Tupper’s column in the June 20 Times-Republican, “Does everyone hate us?” When he questioned everything, including his ...
Why wasn’t the federal government’s offer of National Guard help to stop the violence in some large cities accepted? Someone once said, “Never let a crisis go wasted.” Once again, we see flames of racism stoked. The mob has no right to destroy our monuments. I’ve heard that ...
Each day we get a number of phone calls wanting us to press one if we do not want to pay for something. We do not go along with them, and they call again about another problem that we should press one, for more information. Sometimes it connects with a social security number, even a call ...
Regardless of its color, the fist has long symbolized power and contention. We shake it. We hit with it. We raise it in protest. Fist-using is a self-righteous act. It’s about my power. But extend the thumb upward from that fist and you have a new symbol. Thumbs up symbolizes affirmation ...
I recently had surgery at Unity Point Hospital – Marshalltown. The care I received was excellent. Doctors Wilson and Noe were very professional and understanding. They explained the procedure in terms I could easily understand. Not once did I feel hurried or rushed. I was in the hospital ...
The opportunity of being foster parent is to change a child’s life and change the way that they see life. It is to learn the new opportunity they have in this world - not to replace the people that have failed them but to be there and love them through their worst times and good times; mostly ...
Iowans have been hit hard by COVID-19 and the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Thousands of Iowans have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table. Months into this pandemic, about 134,000 Iowa households — including 98,000 children ...
I completed and returned the U.S. Census 2020 information by mail many months ago. In fact, I returned it by mail just two days after I received it. I even watched my mail carrier collect the completed form from my mailbox. Since then, I have received more than seven notices by mail saying I ...
The “Greatest Generation” endured hardships that are unfathomable to Americans today - 675,00 Americans were lost during the Spanish flu pandemic which began during 1918. Shortly thereafter, the Great Depression was followed by World War 2. During that war more than 400,000 American ...
As a state a in this area, I’ve worked with Tony Reed over the last few years in his role as executive director of the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center. I’ve found Tony to be a great person to work with. Tony’s work at the detention center has made him very knowledgeable in many ...
We, as East Marshall Alumni, current students, parents, and faculty respectfully write to ask East Marshall CSD to take action. We request that East Marshall CSD craft a comprehensive elementary, middle and high school curricula inclusive of Black history and, specifically, a curriculum that ...