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By a majority vote of the Kalona Library board of trustees, the book “Gender Queer” retained a place in the library.
Did the vote represent the community?
If a majority of …
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6/7/23 09:57 AM
Last Wednesday I was invited to join a journalist with the Fairfield radio station for a discussion with Senator Charles Grassley for his weekly podcast, Capitol Hill Report. The Fairfield …
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By Ron Slechta |
6/7/23 09:57 AM
I am exasperated that House leadership is threatening to tank our economy to extract devastating budget cuts that target people experiencing poverty.
As a condition for allowing the U.S. …
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5/10/23 10:28 AM
Anyone driving on H Avenue north of the Mid-Prairie Middle School will notice that the soccer field for youngsters between the East Elementary and Middle School has been replaced with a fenced off …
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4/26/23 11:10 AM
A recent letter in The News admonished readers to get with it because “‘Woke’ is way dated, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DED) is the new buzz.”
The writer then …
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4/4/23 04:51 PM
The Washington County Board of Supervisors ignored public opinion and property taxpayers last week and signed a contract with Carl A. Nelson to develop plans on how to remodel the Orchard Hill …
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By Ron Slechta |
3/29/23 12:31 PM
Seeing Lone Tree on the front page of the newspaper last week and reading the article made me more upset with the City Council of Lone Tree.
IDRC performed a mini downtown assessment of Lone Tree. …
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3/28/23 02:29 PM
Thank you for your recent article, “Underperforming” (March 23, 2023). Finally somebody is calling attention to the fact that there are a whole lot of things wrong with Lone …
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3/28/23 02:27 PM
‘Woke’ is way dated, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is the new buzz.
Colleges across the country dedicate on average 45 staffers to DEI training, 1.4 more than history …
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3/28/23 02:25 PM
Senator Joni Ernst and the Republican caucus have learned a new word, ‘woke,’ and by golly they’re gonna use it.
In her recent piece in The Kalona News she used it five …
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3/17/23 04:04 PM
Some members of the Iowa Senate do not think that public notices published in newspapers remain relevant and necessary. A bill filed in the newly formed Technology Committee just over a week ago …
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3/17/23 04:03 PM
Several requests have been made for more stories about the times when I was growing up and to include my parents in the stories. Well, there are a lot of those days, very clear in my mind, yet. Some …
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By Lois Eckhardt |
2/23/23 09:49 AM
This week the Senate and House both passed the Students First Act. Governor Reynolds introduced this bill after her Condition of the State speech. She has led on this issue for years and made it a …
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By Dawn Driscoll |
2/1/23 12:25 PM
Back in the “Old Days” when I had a problem with what I was trying to say on paper, an eraser was the best and sometimes only solution, but nowadays it takes little more than a quick tap …
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By Lois Eckhardt |
2/1/23 12:22 PM
Last week the Senate Education and Appropriations committees passed Senate File 94, commonly known as the Students First Act. Governor Reynolds spoke at length about this bill in her Condition of the …
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By Dawn Driscoll |
1/26/23 04:55 PM
The gavel has fallen and the 2023 session of the 90th General Assembly has begun. This week, we welcomed a total of fourteen new members to the Iowa Senate. Along with the …
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By Dawn Driscoll |
1/17/23 01:47 PM
A zero-sum game is a mathematical representation in parlor games and economic theory of a situation that involves two sides, where the result is an advantage for one side and an equivalent loss for …
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1/16/23 04:54 PM
I am writing today to share my opposition to HSB1 and why you should be opposed as well.
Vouchers divert taxpayer dollars from public schools. HSB1 is harmful to our public school …
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1/16/23 04:53 PM
As a Kalona taxpayer, I’m against the school voucher proposal to provide private schools with (more) public funds. Nonpublic schools already receive public funding for transportation, …
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1/16/23 04:50 PM
Monday morning started off with a crash that presented a real challenge for The News staff to get this week’s issue of The News to press.
The News’s central server where all ads, …
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By Ron Slechta |
1/11/23 01:33 PM