By Chuck Grassley - U.S. Senator

By Brian Jack - First Lutheran Church

If there’s one thing that humans have consistently failed at since their dawning on the earth, it’s sorting out good from evil (see Adam and Eve – Genesis 3). Often when I’ve asked folks what it means to be a Christian the response comes in some form that depends on them doing good or remaining good by their own efforts. I’m reminded of a Taoist story about an old farmer.

By Seth Boyes - News Editor

I'm a tired young newsman, folks, but there's no way for me to not talk about what's happened in the last week. My generation has never known a world in which Roe v. Wade wasn't the law of the land — and in which it wasn't a surefire divisive issue.

By Brad Hicks - Publisher

Disingenuousness is a nice word people use instead of asserting that someone is lying.

There’s a lot of disingenuousness in our country regarding the Dobbs decision regarding abortion handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court last week.

By Chuck Grassley - U.S. Seantor

By Brandon Morrow - Good News Community Church, Okoboji

Two sold-out performances attest to the talent and showmanship of Leonid & Friends. The audience arrived expecting to hear some great music and were definitely not disappointed. Wednesday night's audience included fans from 13 states. There was a large waiting list that unfortunately did not get to hear this amazing troupe of musicians.

This month, the world's LGBTQIA+ communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. June is marked with education, parades and conversations centered around the past, present and future of this marginalized community.

I am writing to express my concerns over a proposed 88-plus unit RV park being proposed just across the street from East Lake in the Kelley’s Beach area. Developers are scheduled to appear in front of the county’s Board of Adjustment at 7 p.m. Monday, June 27. This RV park will sit on a very narrow dead-end road that already does not have a shoulder, sidewalk or path.

Q: What are you hearing from Iowans about inflation?

Over the past year, we’ve seen the world become a more dangerous place. From Afghanistan to Ukraine, America’s enemies are on the march. Today, our country faces threats from emboldened adversaries around the planet like Russia, Iran, China and violent extremist organizations in Africa and Afghanistan.

Acts 3: 1-10

In many parts of the United States, big bands are a lost art. Not here in the Iowa Great Lakes Region. The area is fortunate to have two big bands with big horn sections and very talented rhythm sections. Not only that, they each play every week.

Gannett, publisher of USA Today, hundreds of newspapers across the country and most recognizably in our state, The Des Moines Register, announced in recent days that it is reducing editorial pages in its markets. The company said it would be instead doing a more reader-interactive format. Editorial pages will not completely disappear from Gannett properties, but they will be less frequent.

Two items in Gannett's announcement struck me.