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My mother recently fell in her home and phoned me. When I arrived, I called 911 and within a few minutes first responders from MFD and Unity Point EMTs arrived.

Contributing Writer Taking into consideration the polling popularity of the COVID Relief Bill and the proposed infrastructure plan, the Biden administration seems to have touched the hearts and minds of Americans. About 70 percent of Americans approve of the COVID Relief Bill as three million Americans are getting vaccinated daily because of Biden’s focus on attacking COVID rather than wishing it away. Don’t forget the bill also included the $1,400 stimulus check as well. About 70 percent of Americans approve of Biden’s infrastructure plan and the tax hike on the wealthy to pay for it....

Contributing Writer I read with great interest the recent stories in the local newspaper about the devastating effect of the August 10, 2020 derecho windstorm on one of my family’s favorite places to go in Marshalltown – Riverside Cemetery. The 150 mph wind on that day ripped up trees and toppled headstones in the cemetery and caused more than a million dollars in damage in a few minutes. In the 35 years I’ve lived here, Riverside Cemetery has been more like a park and gathering spot for many Marshalltownians, including my family, rather than just a cemetery. It is one of the first p...

Contributing Writers As adoptive parents of three, we find Gov. Reynolds’ refusal to accept migrant children into the state repulsive. Unlike the lack of empathy of the governor, Iowans are a welcoming and hospitable people. The following quote of the journalist Charles M. Blow, “One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient” provides insight on how we reflect on our welcoming behaviors. Reynolds’ comment reminds us that almost all Iowans are immigrants, and that the ancestors of some of the recent immigrant...

I would like to respond to John Clayton’s article on climate crisis. He said we must trust science to solve the climate problem. Can science rope the wind? Can they plug volcanoes? Can they tie a knot in the tail of a tornado? Can they stop the hurricanes from pushing water onto the shore? Can they stop the earthquakes from splitting the earth open? I don’t think so. The earth does what the earth does. From time to time, it wreaks havoc around the world and that’s the way it is. The climate alarmist spending hundreds of billions of dollars won’t change that. All they are doing is mak...