Can anyone help me figure out the Iowa Republican senators’ and representatives’ approaches to public education? On the one hand, they express concern about the shortage of teachers, the number leaving the profession, and the difficulty of adding and replacing staff. On the other hand, ...

I read in a recent edition of the T-R about the State House passage of House File 2128, requiring that 50 percent of the gas we buy be supplemented with 15 percent ethanol. In checking the manuals of the cars, motorcycles, snow throwers and lawn mowers I own, as well as checking with the ...

If you’ve ever thought that you should get involved in politics—here’s a chance for you. The Marshall County political parties will Caucus on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. When I was in high school government class, I was told that if you don’t participate in a political party or vote in a ...

For the past several years, my body has booked places where it thinks I should be, in a hospital with some major body malfunction. Since my gallbladder was removed last year, this year, there was a left-over stone hiding and causing infection near my liver. I had about two weeks to lay around ...

After being a part of Iowa’s Managed Medicaid program for several years now, we will tell you it’s not meeting the needs of Iowa’s most vulnerable populations it’s intended to serve. My adult son, Alex, lives with Asperger’s Syndrome in a rural community and struggles to get coverage ...

As we begin 2022, the Emergency Food Box Board on behalf of the volunteers and clients says “Thank You” to the Marshall County community for their generous support during 2021. In early 1983, a task force of Churches United in Compassion and Concern (CUCC) decided to explore the need for ...