I am guessing I am a little to late to whine about the Lee County traffic camera speed traps.
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…
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.
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).
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.
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…
Have you noticed how many people are all of a sudden trying to make President Trump look bad?
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…
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.
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, …
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…
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…
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.
Greetings Keokuk area community,
America is being intentionally driven to a very dark place. Our unique, longstanding, freedoms-based society is being 鈥渇undamentally transformed鈥 by modern-day (neo-) Marxists and their (witti…
This is a wake-up call for those who haven鈥檛 been paying attention. The Congressional House Republicans have become so dysfunctional that they threaten our country. The fact that they cannot e…
This year澳门开奖 farm bill should significantly increase federal funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who don鈥檛 know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. It…
Hello America! Wake up! Have we become so hungry to be 鈥渋n the know,鈥 that we put our country, our military, our very lives in danger? During World War II we lived by 鈥淟oose Lips Sink Ships.鈥濃…
Toddler cuteness has a short shelf-life. You鈥檙e in a restaurant when your bundle of joy pushes his oatmeal onto the floor. Tolerant chuckling may flow from the burdened wait staff and other di…
The op-ed: 鈥淲illiams: On Confederate monuments, Roanoke and Richmond took different paths,鈥 by Richmond Times Dispatch澳门开奖 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and columnist, Michael Paul Williams,…
Since President Biden has become the President of the USA (POTUSA), there have been illegal immigrants from over 170 nations invading the USA澳门开奖 Southern Border. Mexico澳门开奖 Drug Cartel has been e…
As senior citizens who give support to my mother-in-law (93), my wife (67) and I (70) found Chicago Tribune澳门开奖 Stephen J. Lyons Op-ed published in the 澳门开奖 on Sept. 25, 2023, 鈥淭he pa…
When I was mayor of Hamilton, Illinois, in the 1960s, one fellow had six cottages he rented out to people who went swimming in the lake, as the engineers used to dredge the lake and it was use…
Our world today makes my heart sad. People never see the smiles on others faces or hear a friendly 鈥渉ello.鈥
After the perusal of several editorials of different media outlets from September 23, 2023, relating to President Biden澳门开奖 visit to Michigan one day before Ex-President Trump in support of the …
Same song, second verse. We鈥檝e had months to rehearse.
Every presidential campaign requires a slogan 鈥 a pithy message in six words or less to convey a candidate澳门开奖 vision, principles and qualifications to serve as leader of the free world.
According to a press release, Pen City Cruisers car club will host its first ever car show at Burger King in Fort Madison on Friday, Oct. 13, to bring together enthusiasts of all types of cars…
Leaving the veterinarian澳门开奖 office, carrying Buddy wrapped in a blanket, his head barely peeking out, a person coming into the vet澳门开奖 office said, 鈥淎h, poor Buddy!鈥 I realized people, a total st…
My name is Carl McGuire. I am a resident at the Mississippi Valley Rehab Center in Keokuk. I鈥檓 experiencing difficulty with my care. My bathroom needs are not met in a timely fashion. A few we…
Recently, Dennis Patterson wrote an editorial regarding installation of artificial turf at Calvert Stadium. I believe his concerns about the safety and cost of this project are valid and I wou…
Forget what they say, watch what they do. Republicans are blocking military appointments, thus degrading military readiness. Republicans refused to allow the President of Ukraine to address a …
I could not believe my eyes when I read the remarks of Mr. Bell, saying the GOP is inhumane. Has he not seen the news? This administration is anything but humane.
With pro football and some college teams talking about removing artificial turf because of injuries, some of them serious, why are we removing natural turf? The cost of installing and replacin…
I braced myself in an emotional knee-jerk-reaction before reading the September 16, 2023, CBS NEWS editorial: 鈥淛ann Wenner removed from board of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame over comments deem…
It澳门开奖 my opinion that Republicans are adverse to transparency so they can lambast criminal legislation, nepotism, and crimes against humanity. Hunger in the schools is a crime against humanity.
September was first declared as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in 2008 to raise awareness, acknowledge those affected by suicide, and connect individuals with treatment services.
For years, I鈥檝e tried to understand why there is so much rudeness in politics, but I might finally be onto something. You may want to take this with a grain of salt, but if you鈥檙e as bad at ha…
KCRG-TV9 澳门开奖 reported on a law in Iowa expanding opportunities for underage child labor in the state. (鈥淯.S. Department of Labor confirms Iowa澳门开奖 new child labor law violates federal law,鈥…
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