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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
The following information was submitted to the letter to the editor information form on thenews-ia.com:
first name: Lynn
last name: Gallagher
address: 1550Taft Ave NE
city: Solon
old …
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1/10/23 03:13 PM
On the day after Christmas just past, there came a person, well-known to me, to clear off my driveway and uncover my snow-coated vehicle one more time. Oh, happy day!
It’s not the first …
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1/3/23 03:35 PM
The City of Kalona and KCTC should be congratulated on cleaning up the front of the old Kalona Bakery building. They have removed the store hours and the name “Kalona Bakery” from the …
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1/3/23 03:33 PM
Thankfully we are five weeks past the 2022 midterm election. I can hear many voters exuding a sigh of relief and shouting, after $17 billion was spent on disinformation, misinformation and the …
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12/13/22 01:40 PM
This week, The News/Slechta Communications sent checks totaling $1699.80 to our fire departments thanks to a revenue-sharing special section The News published during Fire Prevention week on Oct. …
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By Ron Slechta |
11/29/22 02:07 PM
Oh wow! How can I be so lucky sometimes to remember the right things to say—and, at the right time? I’m referring to my recent reference to a subject matter commonly viewed as …
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11/29/22 02:06 PM
This letter is to address concerns of the recent decisions and actions of the Washington County Board of Supervisors regarding the Ambulance Director.
As a result of Closed sessions, a decision …
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11/22/22 02:36 PM
To the Editor, Washington County Board of Supervisors and ALL citizens of Washington County,
This is a letter of NO CONFIDENCE in the current Board of Supervisors.
The Washington County Board …
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11/22/22 02:33 PM
At the Tuesday Kalona Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting, Phil Ropp announced that he was stepping down as an ad hoc member of the board, and he was stepping down as President of the …
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By Ron Slechta |
11/16/22 12:03 PM
So now, after the mid-term elections, Iowa has the national distinction of being in the same lonely category as Florida. Really.
So many good candidates lost, so many issues of Iowans will …
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11/16/22 11:59 AM
I want to personally thank Jeff Yoder for not only covering my story, but going above and beyond the call of duty in sharing my athletic achievements in the midst of stage IV …
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11/16/22 11:58 AM
I had the extreme pleasure of attending the Mid-Prairie student musical production of “The Pirates of Penzance” this past weekend. The students and their coaches did a fantastic …
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11/8/22 03:26 PM
