Opinion
Letter to the editor: Is this acceptable?
Dear Editor,
As an employer, the last thing I want to see happen at Coots Materials Co. is an employee injured on the job. The majority of our nearly 40 employees attend an 8 hour safety class annual...
Road to Recovery
A few weeks ago, I got sick. How do I know this? Because I went to my doctor and she said, "You are sick." Always good to have back up. But with the great health care providers at Virginia ...
A Thank you for Mrs. Julie Clingman
Mrs. Julie Clingman is a dedicated and caring volunteer at Tilford Elementary. She has helped countless students and has spent a lot of her own time and resources to help students learn. She's sp...
Separate, but not quite equal: How Iowa's athletic organizations should change how it honors females
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
"Seek opportunities to show you care. Thesmallest gesturesoften make the biggest difference.&q... To the Editor: Teacher shares concerns about Iowa's new collective bargaining law
To the Editor:
Representative Pettengill recently published a summary of the changes involved in the chapter twenty collective bargaining agreement. Though largely accurate, it is, in places, inc...
Letter to the Editor: Writer ponders the future of the Braille School Property
The Braille School property...
Those seem to be the buzz words around town, and probably will be for some time to come. "It will be nothing but a huge expense, should the City take it," "just knock a...
Letter to the Editor: Writer concerned Certificate of Need change would affect local hospital
To the Editor:
Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics employs nearly 300 people and has an annual payroll of more than $13 million. Virginia Gay serves every patient with the same commitment to quality ...
A Country Girl Visits Maui
My husband and I recently traded the cold Iowa winter for a week in Maui. It was our first time to travel to this beautiful island and I fully intended to make the most of it. On our first full day th...
Letter to the Editor: Writer wonders why elected officials not visiting area
To the Editor:
Have our elected representatives disappeared?
We are growing concerned over apparent lack of visibility of some of our Iowa state and federal representatives.
We are almost two...
Thinking Outside of the Box . . . Literally! -- Learning Country Living
We had a run of bad luck last week. The front burner on our cook top quit working and then the refrigerator started making an awful noise. To be honest, I have hearing loss, so I couldn't hear th...