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Opinion

A good-news story about Iowa newspapers

Editorials

DENISON — Gordon Wolf was everywhere in Denison. Until he wasn’t. A trusted newspaper editor, a 24-year veteran of the Denison Bulletin-Review, a bespectacled journalist fond of button-down short-sleeve shirts that date to an earlier time of ink-stained work when most newspapers had ...

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Editorials

June 15, 2023, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging is proud to join communities in the USA and all over the world to help raise awareness of this systemic social challenge. As Americans, we believe in justice for all. Yet we fail to live up to this ...

Lessons from other states can help Iowa advance its water goals

Editorials

In Iowa and other Midwest states, agricultural excellence, robust soils, and ample outdoor recreation are points of pride. All of these elements relate to water, and depend upon healthy watersheds. For more than a decade, local leaders in Iowa have worked to address water quality and ...

Higher Midwest humidity

Editorials

When we think of climate change, we think of weather events like heat waves, droughts, extreme weather, and rising sea levels. But another important and more insidious impact of climate change is higher humidity levels, especially for the Midwest. Humidity is how much water vapor is in the air. ...

Dengler Domain: War

Local Columns

When driving through Traer, there is a significant piece of the town’s history gracing one of its iconic landmarks, the Taylor Park arch. Built for $900 and dedicated on July 3, 1923, the arch has stood for almost 100 years in honor of the men who gave their lives to our country during ...

On Nature: Hydrogen Fuel

Local Columns

Hydrogen has long been recognized as a possible alternative to fossil fuels because it has a high energy content and its combustion does not produce any greenhouse gases, just water. However, the difficulty of producing it has kept hydrogen from widespread use. This is changing with at ...

Dengler Domain: Growing Iowa

Local Columns

On the May 12 episode of Iowa Press, Governor Kim Reynolds while talking about tax policy said, “People are making different decisions because they don't have to leave the state and go to Florida or Arizona where the tax burden is lower. They can now stay here and go down there for maybe ...