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Last week was the sixth week of the 2021 legislative session.
Just last month, President Biden raised eyebrows when he took executive action to begin transitioning federal government vehicles to electric vehicles. It followed a similar move spearheaded by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who last September, fully embraced the Green New Deal and implem…
Public education has long been the foundation of our state. For generations, Iowans could count on a great public education from Iowa schools to set them up for success in life. When we were growing up, our public education system regularly led national rankings.
In the only three items on the agenda at the Carroll County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, payables were approved, committee reports included jail progress meeting at Badding Construction, and there was a manure management annual update on Danner Finisher in Pleasant Valley Township.
On Monday, August 10, 2020, a massive storm system with high winds and isolated tornadoes tore through the Midwest, leaving a 700-mile path of destruction in its wake — from Nebraska all the way to Indiana. In Iowa, early estimates indicated that 43 percent of cropland was impacted across th…
As potential student loan changes are discussed by the Biden administration, you may have several questions about how your own student loan payments may be affected.
We’d probably all like to have a job from which we couldn’t be fired. We could neglect our duties and ignore our bosses without consequence.
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Time is flying by as we end the fifth week of the 89th General Assembly of Iowa.
Future planning for courthouse offices and operations dominated the first part of Tuesday’s Carroll County Board of Supervisors meeting. Department heads and supervisors shared ideas about space constraints currently being experienced.
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COOPER: My wife Carla Offenburger, after six months of hospice care here at home for her cancer, glanced at her reflection in a mirror when she finished showering on a recent day and said to me, “In our wedding vows, when we said ‘in sickness and in health, for better and for worse,’ did you…
(The following the complete text of the statement U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued Saturday as she voted to acquit President Trump in the impeachment trial.)
(The following is the full statement for the Senate Record by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on the Senate’s acquittal Saturday of former President Donald Trump.)
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The Carroll County Board of Supervisors in its weekly regular session on Monday received budget requests for the following departments: Veterans Affairs, Department of Human Services, Board of Supervisors, Courthouse and General Assistance.
Through the years, the Iowa Legislature has chosen an official a state flower and a state bird. There’s also a state tree and even an official rock.
The state of Iowa is one of the best financially managed states in the nation. In the Iowa Legislature, we maintained a balanced budget because we abided by a simple budgeting principle — one that businesses and families across the state live by every day: Don’t spend more money than you tak…
Following is news from Week 4 of the 2021 legislative session.
We’re excited to report that the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation has been approved for nonprofit status by the Internal Revenue Service, and can receive tax-deductible contributions to support independent community journalism.
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SIOUX CITY — The day after the 2002 Labor Day holiday, after ending six enjoyable years at the Daily Times Herald in Carroll, Iowa, I was less than a mile away from Day One at the Sioux City Journal, when a song by Fastball came on the radio.
I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the article “School Fight” that was published in the Carroll Times Herald.
Following is news from Week 3 of the 2021 legislative session.
The first item on the agenda at the Carroll County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday was a utility permit for Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative for an electric line both underground and overhead from 215th Street and Phoenix Avenue, west to Noble Avenue, south to 230th Street then wes…
The third week of the legislative session included the first floor debate of the year. I’m not on the Education Committee, but I took an extensive interest in the two education bills debated Thursday.
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The Carroll County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday included FY 2022 pre-budget reviews and quarterly reports from the County Recorder and GIS (Geographic Information System) departments. Budget reviews were also provided by Secondary Roads, Home Care Aides, Environmental Health/Planni…
Incoming U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack not only has an experienced hand leading a federal agency vital to the Hawkeye State’s economy but also is a close adviser and friend of President Biden.
Welcome to the end of week two of Iowa’s legislative session.
Always Ready, Always There—that’s the motto of the National Guard, and during this challenging past year, they’ve certainly lived up to it.
The 2021 legislative session has officially begun. The first week was busy organizing a new Senate and a new session. Eight new senators were sworn in Monday, including myself.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday started with Wellmark Insurance’s plan renewal report. Our representatives reported on the stop-loss first as we did hit that six times but were well within the industry standards. There will be a report presented in a month or so on …
BUFFALO, NEW YORK: I am so lucky to have grown up in Carroll, Iowa.
American agriculture can get to net-zero carbon emissions and make money doing it while still feeding the world, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told us in December 2019, weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
As Iowa turned the page on a year brimming with hardship, from a deadly pandemic and economic fallout, to civic unrest, a derecho and divisive presidential election, the New Year got off on the wrong foot.
One year ago today, we were both in Iowa getting to work as volunteers for candidates contesting the Iowa Caucuses. We were on opposite sides of the state and volunteering for very different Democratic candidates, one for former Vice President, now President Joe Biden, and the other for Sen.…
I’ve watched a number of Condition of the State addresses over the years, but this was my first from inside the beautiful Iowa Capitol and certainly the most sparsely attended.
I was a kid from small-town Iowa when I first laid eyes on the United States Capitol. It was 1962. My family squeezed into our Dodge and drove to our nation’s capital for the vacation of a lifetime. It was all about history.
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The Carroll County Board of Supervisors on Monday heard the following fiscal year 2022 funding requests: Carroll County Fair, $15,000; Community of Concern, $3,000; Manning Main Street, $2,500; and Soil and Water Conservation, $5,000.
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While shop-local campaigns have always been an important part of local messaging for the holiday season, in 2020 several indicators point to that being not only words, but actions. One of the icons the Carroll Chamber of Commerce shares says to “Put your money where your heart is,” and it se…
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors held their organizational meeting for the year on Monday.
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