Recently, I drove through rural northwest Iowa. This part of the state is like physics, I do not have much experience with it. One realizes most of Iowa is not flat until they drive through northwest Iowa. When driving between Gillett Grove and Havelock, the eye can see from north to south and ...
In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly last year, President Trump said that all the predictions about climate change that have been made by the United Nations and many others were wrong. While this blanket statement was not specific, it is useful to examine some of the predictions ...
On Monday, Sept. 28, President Trump announced that a new steel mill will be built near Fort Madison in Lee County, Iowa by Mesabi Metallics. This is incredible news, not just for Iowa, but for the nation. The announcement is a once-in-a-generation economic victory for Iowa. Mesabi is making a ...
I would encourage citizens of Tama County to vote no on the measure to go back to 3 supervisors in November. Taxpaying citizens are now being named and criticized for attending Board of Supervisor meetings and giving their opinions. I also attended the April 25, 2022 BOS meeting and listened ...
It does not take 5 people to balance a budget for a small county. Tama County was never “broke.” The current board of 5 grossly exaggerated that fact and facts with regard to the budget are coming. With 5 supervisors, they barely work 5 hours per week. The 5 hours calculates to 260 ...
RESEARCH is all I can say to any Tama County resident, Taxpayer, and Voter. There is a lot of misinformation being printed, talked about, published trying to get you and others to believe taxpayers want and need more representation in Tama County. REAL FACTS are what you need to make your ...
Fall is here, and I have to admit, this is one of my favorite times of year in Dysart. Harvest is underway, the leaves are starting to change, football season is in full swing, and there’s just something about fall in a small town that’s hard to beat! It’s also hard to believe we’re ...
I have a habit of watching C-SPAN, with my coffee, possibly more mornings than I’d like to admit. That or RFD-TV, which has real-time updates on grain or fertilizer prices. But every now and again I take a break and flip through a few channels before setting about my day at hand. Not too ...
In the November 3rd General Election, Tama County voters will choose whether to retain the current 5-member Board of Supervisors, or decrease the number back to 3. In November 2022 the vote to increase the Board to 5 was approved by 3,868 YES votes (62%) as opposed to 2,285 NO votes cast ...
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. Some may say farmers are like Goldilocks with the weather where it is too wet or too dry, farmers must deal with the consequences. Coming off several dry years, this year has felt like living in the Amazon rainforest. Before this deluge of rain in ...