My thoughts for consideration. We are again choosing leaders for our city, school, and college. A lot of discussion has gone by us from candidates. Promises for success but too little fact-based detail on past performance and current reality status. This year gives the voters a real ...

I am writing in support of Sue Cahill’s campaign to represent the City of Marshalltown as one of our at-large city council members. I have known and worked with Sue for several years. Sue has been a dedicated educator and public servant. Sue loves Marshalltown and has worked tirelessly to ...

Have you ever wanted to see how the sausage is made? Maybe not—but wouldn’t you want to know the person who does know how it’s done, and more importantly, has a recipe that works? That’s how I feel about Eric Goslinga. When it comes to leadership, whether in the classroom, the ...

Integrity is the cornerstone of effective leadership. We, the public, depend on our local leaders to have integrity when setting policies, allocating resources, representing their personal interests with honesty and transparency because the decisions they are making have a direct impact on our ...

I saw a pre-Halloween ghoul display at the Marshalltown library board meeting in October. An elderly man who refuses to realize he has minimal support on an issue reduced an elderly city-appointed woman to tears by yelling on camera at her and demanding her unwarranted resignation from the ...

For what it’s worth, I’m supporting Gary Thompson for mayor. I like most of the ways he votes at the meetings.