Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices published in newspapers remain relevant and necessary. A bill filed in the newly formed Technology Committee just over a …
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3/17/23
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With the world so strange it’s difficult to cull fiction from fact without a footnote, our newsroom had a hard time writing a prank story or creating any journalistic sleight of hand. The levity of April Fool’s Day, even if this year it comes on …
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4/1/21
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Do you run on solar power?
Are you one of those people
who waits through the long,
cold, short, dark days of winter
to finally bask in the glow of
that great big ball of gas in the
sky? Is that why we lose an hour
in the …
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3/12/21
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Last week marked Read Across
America Day and the birthday
of the late Theodore Geisel, better
known as Dr. Seuss, author
of fancifully illustrated, rhyming
books beloved by children
for generations. The National
Education …
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3/8/21
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The Robert and Billie Jo Ray
Foundation is accepting nominations
of Iowans of Character
for its annual awards. Our
newsroom hopes there will
be nominations from Emmet
County. Of all places, we might
need the boost more …
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2/19/21
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Brrr!
As the latest cold front continues today, the newsroom thought about people who might be vulnerable in the cold weather, whether an elderly neighbor, relative or colleague, a family struggling to make ends meet, or others.
When subzero …
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2/12/21
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The Iowa Donor Network reports over 1.5 million
Iowans have signed up to be organ donors. That’s
1,532,495 at last count. Many of these potential
donors signed up when they renewed their driver’s
licenses or signed their license …
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1/25/21
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The events that occurred at the Capitol Wednesday are the results of a lack of leadership at the highest level of our country, and should bring embarrassment to all of us regarding where we are as a country. When the president tweets that he will …
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1/11/21
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For those of us who sleep at night, the earth burst through its Winter Solstice and our planet's northward tilt oriented the sun to its lowest point along our horizon, and we awoke this morning to the first full day of winter.
We haven't seen …
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12/21/20
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President-elect Joe Biden's continuing work on building his cabinet included the news that former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will leave the U.S. Dairy Export Council to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farm Journal Washington …
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12/21/20
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