Dear Editor: When my family moved to Sergeant Bluff from southern Minnesota in 2017, we were excited to become part of this community. Since then, I have had the privilege of …
When families make the difficult decision to move a loved one into an assisted-living facility, they place an extraordinary amount of trust in the people responsible for their care. …
(SBA) - Every election season, our communities become a colorful collection of political yard signs. They appear along residential streets, at busy intersections, outside businesses and across rural …
(SBA) - Somewhere along the way, Americans seem to have forgotten that it’s perfectly acceptable to agree with Republicans on one issue, Democrats on another, and neither party on something else …
(SB) – See if you can follow me on this, keeping in mind I’m just trying to help all of you make it to the next day in our crises-laden lives. Remember the clamor of “If we’re young …
(SBA) - I like technology. I use it every day to put this newspaper together. Digital photography, online research and publishing software allow a small newsroom to do work that once required far …
(SB) – I vividly remember the Vietnam war protests in the mid and late 1960s and early 1970s. I was overseas at the time and read a Stars and Stripes article in which one of the stateside …
(SBA) - Every two years, campaign season arrives, and our mailboxes begin filling with oversized postcards. Most travel from the mailbox to the kitchen counter to the recycling bin without anyone …
(SBA/ICD) - In forming opinions about public policy, I always try to look at alternatives, both for and against a proposed course of action. There is one conservative advocate that I read most …
(SBA) - Drive through almost any neighborhood where utility work has recently taken place and you will see the evidence: bright red, and blue paint sprayed across sidewalks, curbs, streets and lawns. …
I’m sure most of us have heard someone say it. “We’ve always done it this way.” I’ve probably said it myself a time or two. It’s an easy answer, especially when someone …
(SBA) - Let me get something out of the way right at the beginning of this commentary because I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding about where I personally stand. I am against socialism. I …
(SB) – Not only is today’s media the purveyors of fake news, but they are also dumb, lazy-ass hacks when it comes to English grammar. They call themselves writers, a misnomer that borders on a …
(SBA) - Week four of the 2025 legislative session is completed and it started with a somber event – the tragic passing of Representative and retired Brig. General Martin Graber. Martin …
(SBA) - Two hundred and fifty years ago, America was founded on the revolutionary idea that individuals are endowed with inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Americans …
(SB) - Government has an important role in addressing problems that individuals cannot effectively solve on their own. Over the past twenty years, I planted four maple trees and one oak tree on …
(SBA) - I've been thinking about this for quite a while, and the more I think about it, the more convinced I become that there is a difference between doing business in a community and actually being …
(SBA-Iowa Capital Dispatch) - If Iowans want a glimpse of their future, they might just look to the south. To Missouri. Republicans there are asking people to approve a constitutional amendment …
(SBA) - We all understand the concept of inversion, which basically means the act of turning something upside down. What we may not have realized this is the monetary policy of our modern Republican …
(SBA) - Over the past two weeks, I've discussed congressional pay, a lawsuit seeking back pay and future cost-of-living increases, legislative productivity, politicians trading stocks, and the …