The other week, I spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Marshalltown on my 36 County Tour. I had the opportunity to tour this incredible facility and speak with members of the community who assisted in making this project ...

Friday night I was late getting to the Harvest Market on 13th Street. Like, really late. By the time I pulled up, the Pork Tornadoes were on their last couple of songs, the food trucks were shutting down, people were leaving the show and the very-tired leaders and volunteers of the 13th ...

The article on speeding in town gets one response. Boloney. Last Thursday a car going at least 100 mph came by my house. Wednesday evening at 8:30 one went by at 60 mph. There are no cruisers running radar or writing tickets. Speeding on our street is every day, every night and in the night. ...

The Fifth Judicial Court of McPherson County, Spink County, Edmunds County, South Dakota has offered Iowans a temporary reprieve by refusing to allow private industry to use public domain to claim land for the CO2 pipeline. We need to make this a permanent reprieve by pressuring Kim Reynolds ...

The US has a budget deficit because the government spends more than it receives. Deficits have continued in Republican and Democratic administrations. Deficits can be reduced by increased taxes or decreased spending or both. This letter provides facts about taxing only the wealthy. The ...

In Marshalltown, District 4 our Representative is Randy Feenstra. I’m not surprised if people don’t know that. He doesn’t talk to constituents, and he follows the national party establishment and corporate donors in their land grab for the CO2 pipeline. But some people are tired of ...