Kamala Harris dominated Donald Trump in Tuesday’s televised debate. She played the methodical prosecutor. He took on the role of angry, incoherent gasbag. It was good TV for about 40 minutes …

The Harris-Walz campaign has been criticized for not laying out a more extensive policy platform. That appears to be taking shape as Vice President Kamala Harris debated former President Donald Trump …

Iowa is likely to carry for Donald Trump, even though he would wreck the Tall Corn State economy. The state is crazy in that way. First order of business: Deport Mexicans. Hasta la vista, …

We teach them how to read and write, and what do they do but shake the husks from their pant cuffs and catch the first ride out of Iowa. So it appears from a recent Des Moines Register review of an …

Iowa Republicans resorted to the most extreme tactic to preserve their hold on all four congressional seats. They were so scared of losing in two of those races that they knocked the Libertarian …

My mojo walked out the back door with a hormone shot intended to bat down prostate cancer. Salacious allure could stand before me and I might ask her to step aside so I can see the Twins on TV with …

For generations, the Storm Lake Chamber Of Commerce and Storm Lake Area Development Corporation, now merged into Storm Lake United, looked after the commercial and industrial ambitions of The City …

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is among 16 Republican attorneys general to join a lawsuit stripping protections for the undocumented spouses of US citizens. If successful, it would be a terrible …

Gus Walz put me in the tank when he sprung from his seat crying, “That’s my dad!” Tim Walz, the football coach and governor from Mankato, had just told his family that he loved …

We were stunned to receive our property tax bill for our office this week and see that it rose by 76% from last year. They demand more than $5,000 from us for our humble metal shed on Railroad …

Gov. Kim Reynolds is playing politics with child nutrition, much like her colleagues in   Congress who are trying to gut feeding programs in the long-delayed Farm Bill. Reynolds refused $29 …

It feels like the ground shifted under rural America since President Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid. Vice President Kamala Harris is off to an electrifying start, tying or leading Donald …

As Beavers return from summer break to their dens on campus, and we start to think about filling the backpacks and watching for school buses, we wax nostalgic for the good old days. Iowa was Number …

We strolled past the booths Saturday at the Blue Water Festival in Arnolds Park celebrating water quality and spotted a poster made by some kid that claimed wind turbines degrade water quality. …

After reviewing the books through July, it seems like a good time to offer a mid-year accounting and make an earnest appeal for community journalism. We’re keeping our noses just above the …

Kamala Harris and the Democrats do well to have Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on their national ticket as the vice-presidential nominee. He’s rural, for real. Walz has broad appeal in Upper Midwest …

A wave of layoffs is cresting over Iowa this summer as sharply lower commodity prices damp machinery sales. Most prominent has been John Deere, which has laid off more than 2,000 workers at multiple …

Donald Trump last week declared that millions and millions of immigrants “happen to be taking Black jobs.” He said this on stage at the convention of the National Association of Black …

The Pomeroy City Council unanimously agreed Monday to “start over” in its proceedings to sell the Community Hall as a reincarnated Byron’s Bar. The decision followed a public …

Donald Trump is trying to run away from Project 2025, a legislative blueprint for the next administration drafted by the Heritage Foundation that collects in one place conservative thinking since the …