I understand some commentators are accusing Target of scoring less than a bullseye in dealing with shoplifters.
I am guessing I am a little to late to whine about the Lee County traffic camera speed traps.
The latest data suggests a drop in energy prices may have tamed the inflation monster. President Joe Biden certainly hopes so, since the marks he澳门开奖 getting from the American people for his han…
As we enter into the holiday season, we see many addicts who wish to wait until after the holidays to seek treatment. They would like to spend time with their families and avoid missing yet an…
I love pumpkin pie.
Thanksgiving is a time to count our blessings. While each of us have our own unique traditions to look forward to this season, it has been a long-standing tradition to gather with friends and …
This is my favorite time of the year. There is no late-night bombardment from infernal fireworks like there is with the Fourth of July. There is not the pressure of Christmas to choose just th…
If you listen to pollsters and politicians, or consume heavy doses of social media and cable-TV news, you might come away thinking the nation is in a collective bad mood. We鈥檙e said to be irri…
People who like to draw serious political cartoons for a living 鈥 people like me 鈥 have to be extra careful in these divisive times.
Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor, and late author of one of the most profoundly moving books (鈥淢an澳门开奖 Search for Meaning鈥) I鈥檝e ever read, wisely stated that there are only two distinct 鈥渞aces…
According to recent data from the Federal Highway Administration澳门开奖 National Bridge Inventory (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi.cfm), Iowa leads the nation in structurally deficient bridges.
On Friday night, Ginnie and I were so pleased and honored to sit in the audience at the award ceremony for Family Physician of the Year by the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians (IAFP) held at …
With every passing day, I find myself more incredulous that people who call themselves Republicans can say they will vote for Donald Trump in the next presidential election, and still swear th…
Judges have ruled an insurrectionist can run for president (Michigan, Minnesota). A judge has ruled felons can possess guns (Chicago).
Thought the level of civil discourse in Congress could not get any worse? Guess what, it has! It now appears America澳门开奖 top legislative body has become the political equivalent of the WWE.
Throughout November, USDA Rural Development (RD) is celebrating Rural Health Day. I want to congratulate Lee County on receipt of a $999,600 USDA RD Emergency Rural Health Care Grant.
World Series 2023 had the lowest television ratings in history. There澳门开奖 no need to belabor the whys and wherefores. Instead of listening to the ceaseless chatter of announcer John Smoltz, fans…
Well, that quarter-century went by faster than the weaver澳门开奖 shuttle!
The ghost of political d茅j脿 vu revisited the Republican Party last week, with the GOP suffering humiliating defeats in virtually all of their political contests. The one bright spot was Missis…
I just read the letter from Nov. 14, about how democrats are afraid of Trump. Every person in this country needs to be afraid of him. He is telling you just what he is going to do if he gets e…
Being signed into law in 1990, November was slated to bring observance of 鈥淣ational Native American Heritage Month鈥 by giving attention to the culture, traditions, and achievements of the nati…
Well, that didn鈥檛 take as long as expected.
Unlike years past, I/we didn鈥檛 do any major celebrating on my sobriety birthday, Nov, 3. In fact, we forgot about it. I spent the day doing honey-dos: cleaning out the gutters, rounding up all…
With cold and flu season ramping up, you may soon be heading to the pharmacy in search of relief. When you do, you might remember that Sudafed has long been considered an effective decongestan…
Have you noticed how many people are all of a sudden trying to make President Trump look bad?
It澳门开奖 time to acknowledge that investments made based on ESG considerations 鈥 environmental policy, social justice concerns, and corporate governance issues 鈥 did not kick off the boom many Wal…
How does one share their appreciation to the men and women who gave everything and more so those of us they don鈥檛 even know can enjoy all of the freedoms their sacrifices provided?
Our local Hy-Vee store employees deserve to be recognized and thanked for their Veterans Day Breakfast that was served to veterans and active-duty military on Friday, Nov. 10. This is a good e…
One of my co-workers has an autumnal tradition of spending a week of quality time with her dog Alfie around his birthday.
It澳门开奖 debatable whether it was the fins of 1959 American automobiles that influenced young Dean King of Mt. Pleasant to join the Air Force, or if it was the Air Force that influenced Dean King …
Over a period of 30 plus years the Lee County Democrats have run off many nonunion industries. Walmart Distribution and Pella Windows are two of the biggest.
Former vice president Mike Pence was the first domino to fall, drawing increased focus and pressure on the remaining single-digit candidates for the Republican presidential nomination to confr…
There are several major social media cases facing the U.S. Supreme Court this term, all having to do with the First Amendment. The decisions the court issues will effectively create a new lega…
In Representative Miller-Meeks鈥 Weekly Newsletter on Nov. 5 she included a photo of herself with Paul Bishop, president and CEO of Water Professionals International. The photo caption stated, …
May life be good in 2023
Editor澳门开奖 note: This letter to the editor was originally written about 25 years ago as Keokuk was voting on whether to move from a strong mayor to a city manager model of government. The author…
The new 鈥渇inal鈥 Beatles鈥 song revealed 澳门开奖 had me reminiscing on my 1960s teenager-era when Fredericksburg澳门开奖 Ross Music was where everyone went to purchase their 鈥榝irst-edition鈥 recording…
The other night, after a long family dinner, my 13-year-old niece disappeared into our downstairs closet and soon reemerged with a box of toys I鈥檇 saved from my daughter Chloe澳门开奖 childhood. Chl…
Aside from all the other moves toward fascism that the Trump administration and the Republican party made in the last 8 years, and the blatant dictator worship and undermining of democracy, bo…
Democracy: one of the four definitions of 鈥渄emocracy,鈥 according to Webster澳门开奖 Dictionary is: 鈥渢he principles of social equality, and respect for individuals within a community.鈥 The United Sta…
Congratulations to the Great River Players for their recent production of the radio play 鈥淭he Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow鈥! Under the sensitive direction of Ms. Bobbi Lutzen, the entire…
Twice in my lifetime the civilized world woke to an ambush! The first was Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, and the second was Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Each time a new generation has learned that evil d…
The California Supreme Court is considering whether to grant a hearing for three elephants 鈥 Nolwazi, Amahle and Mabu 鈥 at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. If granted, the hearing would determine wheth…
Veterans Day is around the corner. For John and Bob, the day will be for remembering the men and women who serve in the United States military 鈥 and for two service members, in particular.
According to my extensive research (approximately five minutes on Google when I should have been folding underwear), the Chinese zodiac system assigns an animal symbol to each year. It is beli…
We are fast approaching the time when we move our clocks back an hour, commonly described as 鈥渇alling back,鈥 and say goodbye to daylight saving time. Perhaps members of Congress could get thei…
I had forgotten about it, but my father once reminisced about finding elementary school-aged me habitually 鈥渨atching鈥 TV with my back turned to the set.
On Nov. 7 the citizens of Keokuk will head to the polls to vote for school board members, a mayor, some city council members, and deciding the future number of voting wards in the city.
The city council 澳门开奖 accepted petitions submitted to them to put an issue on the November 7th ballot. The intent of the petition is to change the number of Wards from 7 down to 5, but sti…
Americans seem to be losing the ability to think and behave freely.
