The Marshalltown City Council is being unsupportive of the Cartwright Downtown Farmer’s Market. This market is important to the 30+ almost 40 vendors that participate in it on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The council ignored that we needed two driveways into our parking lot. We know only one ...

Secularism is defined as the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion. Our society is relegating religion to the confines inside the walls of our homes and churches. Secularists claim science and reason is the basis for explaining truth. We humans are simply a product of ...

In Randy Feenstra’s letter to the Times Republican newspaper, he truly showed his great love to our American veterans. At the same time Randy Feenstra shows his 100 percent support of the billions of dollars that is being spent on our never ending wars. In 2022, when military contractors made ...

It seems that two or three citizens continue to pressure the Library Director and the Board of Directors to offer Epoch Times and American Rifleman. The Board has addressed this issue in a responsible and professional manner many times over the past couple of years. One citizen suggested that ...

Minnesota unveiled a new state flag this week, replacing the previous design, which had long been criticized for its depiction of a Native American on horseback with a spear and a white pioneer farming with a gun. The flag’s imagery was viewed by many as a symbol of Indigenous defeat and ...

In a world that never seems to slow down, it’s easy to forget to take care of the most important part of ourselves — our mental health. We often push aside our own well-being, thinking we can tough it out, but the truth is, mental health matters. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time ...