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Ways to engage at the 2024 Iowa Republican Caucus

Dear Tama County Voters, As Iowans, we have a unique opportunity to impact policy that governs our lives. The Iowa Caucuses will be held Jan. 15, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. At the caucuses, there are many ways to make a difference. In Tama County, we will gather with our neighbors at precinct ...

Protect our farmland

Are you concerned about global warming? What would you say if Tama County has a machine that captures 305,000 tons of carbon dioxide and emits enough oxygen for 2,209,000 people to breathe every year with no carbon footprint, no cost at all. Too good to be true? Not at all. It’s a ...

Ordinance changes shouldn’t be rushed through

Iowa has a specific law that lays out how cities in our state can pass new ordinances that govern the way by which citizens in those communities must abide. The laws states: Ordinances and amendments to ordinances must be passed by the majority at three council meetings before becoming final. ...

A Christmas story

When I was in seminary, in 1953,and living in Maryland. Eileen and I got into our 1940 Pontiac and headed for Iowa, to celebrate Christmas with our parents, living in Fort Dodge and Perry. It was a rainy rainy day and traveling through Marion, Ohio, I stopped our car, in the heart of downtown ...

Corbin is a Trump hater

I graduated from high school with Steve Corbin. When I see his photo in a letter to the editor, I don’t bother to read it. He has taken it upon himself to tell all of us how to live and what we should think — perhaps a combination of ego and Marxism. At our class reunion in 2016, Steve ...

Some truth and a warning

This letter makes two points: one for the sake of truthfulness and the other as an ominous warning. First, a much-repeated must be dispelled - the reckless spending done by Joe Biden. During his presidency Donald Trump spent six trillion plus; President Biden has spent two trillion plus. Trump ...