Opinion
Elected County Attorney Lough Thanks Community for Support
Dear Friends and Readers,The election is over and the work has begun. The transition from one elected official to another is always challenging and it’s impossible to measure the stress of those in...
Letter to the Editor: Veteran's Day Program Kudos
Dear Editor,I attended the Veterans Day Program last Friday put on by the V-S School District with my father, a 94 year-old veteran. I, and he, were really blessed!All of the students were were w...
Birth of the Marines Remembered
Today, as I awoke, I realized it was that day. Yes, THE DAY. A day of grand remembrance of a day some 247 years ago when men seated amongst drunken brawlers sought to create something larger than them...
Letter to the Editor: Keep the momentum going
Dear Editor, Tuesday’s election results have shown that Benton County residents are fed up with the way things have gone the past two years. All but one person elected to represent our citizen...
Wyatt Concedes Election
With the final results of the 2022 election reported, Kate Wyatt, democratic candidate for Iowa House District 76, has conceded.“I want to thank everyone who encouraged me to run and helped us do th...
Letter to the Editor: It's a sad situation when people have no conscience
To the persons who are trapping house cats in the area of 11th Ave and 5th Street and the west side of Vinton, Will you please STOP!! Not all cats are homel...
Letter to the Editor: Mike Pence is NOT a Traitor
Dear Editor, Mike Pence is NOT a Traitor!!Fact Check: Mike Pence did NOT have the power to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Donald Trump in office! The 12th Amendment of the Con...
Letter to the Editor: In Support of Ray Lough
Dear Voters,
In his most recent political ads, David Thompson makes a desperate attempt to manipulate voters. He is
trying to twist a 24-year-old ad, created by him at the time, to allege that Ray ...
Letter to the editor: Get out and vote
Dear Editor, Many people will decide not to vote in the upcoming elections for various reasons; but if there was ever a critical time to do so, it is NOW! Get out of your easy chairs...throw down th...
Letter to the Editor: It's time for a change
Dear Editor,
David Thompson has served nobody but himself for the last 24 years that he’s held the office of Benton County Attorney. Rather than protecting county employees or giving sound legal ad...