We should take some measure of hopeful relief that the City of Storm Lake and Buena Vista County have started talking about a settlement of their lawsuit over distribution of tax increment financing. …

After winter gave me a good hard slap on the face this week, with the promise of more to come, I decided I’d find things to look forward to. First of all, there’s football. This …

Many people would rather get their teeth drilled than discuss economics. If you are one of them, dial up your dentist, because today’s topic probably will make you uncomfortable. Some …

You tell me that law is above freedom of utterance. And I reply that you can have no wise laws nor free entertainment of wise laws unless …

Zionists believe that Donald Trump is “good for Israel.” Trump has loose lips and an unhinged mind, signaling no difference between Biden and Trump. They're as George Galloway declares, …

Remember how they told you over and over that everyone is equal under the law? Not true. Donald Trump should be in jail but instead is about to reoccupy the White House. His sentence on 34 felony …

First chance I got following a tooth-pulling the Monday before Thanksgiving, I spat out that chunk of gauze and fired up a smoke. Then I checked instructions for post-extraction care: DO …

A list of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for Cabinet positions suggests strongly that he envisions the U.S. Cabinet playing a very different role from those that key appointees have …

Dear Mr. Cullen: Thank you so much for your Nov. 26 editorial “How Far Right Can Iowa Go?” You expressed exactly our opinion of Indiana’s state government. Your narrative …

President-elect Donald Trump tagged Iowa’s three leading export customers — Canada, Mexico and China — with tariffs because immigrants and fentanyl are flowing into the United States. …

This Thanksgiving we are grateful for the many generous people who, over the past century, have donated money to this newspaper’s Mr. Goodfellow fund so that kids can stay warm in the winter. …

Alta needs a public library. More specifically, Alta’s Public Library needs a home. But, wait, you say, Alta does have a library. Yes, it’s complicated. It’s all in the name: Alta …

These are complex times. Some of us would think of them as terrifying. That is in many ways true, but Indigenous peoples who have lived here for a very long time have a different perspective. One of renewal, purification and hope in the birth of a new world. We are …

President Trump is said to like watching his advisors argue. He set up an apparent natural debate when rounding out his Cabinet by nominating former White House aide Brooke Rollins for agriculture …

Hang on snowflakes: If you think Iowa went crazy right the past few years, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Republicans widened their gaping majorities in the Iowa House and Senate. They …

I played a role in a movie three weeks ago, without even so much as a screen test. Well, technically speaking, I suppose, I didn’t actually debut on the big screen. It was more of an …

Nearly every autopsy of Vice President Kamala Harris’s stinging White House defeat begins with some variation of the phrase, “Voters pointed to the rising price of food as their chief …

Okay folks, if you want to talk to your senators, now is the time to do it. Here's what I wrote: Dear Senator: Like you, my parents have been long dead. I'm wondering how they might view …

Storm Lake and Buena Vista County can take some measure of relief that Sen. Joni Ernst assured us she does not believe there will be mass deportation of immigrants from workplace raids of local food …

I was asked to speak last week at the annual conference of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. My remarks boiled down to a simple message: The public needs more information about their …