Biden’s tax and spend agenda has us climbing closer to the fiscal cliff.
In 19 months, President Biden and Democrats in Congress have decimated what should have otherwise been a strong economic recovery from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After high school graduation, your student will face many new experiences beyond academics and social situations. At ISL Education Lending, we know that preparation for the next step helps students increase their chances of graduation, finding a job and successfully repaying any student loans.
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Central Rivers Area Education Agency is working with the Iowa Department of Education to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. A learning framework entitled "Specially Designed Instruction," or SDI, has been developed by the Department of Education to support AEA and local school …
Uptown Fitness and Yoga Studio in Lake Mills will be hosting a sledding event at Pilot Knob in Forest City. This event will take place on Saturday, February 19th from 2-4 pm. This is for people of all ages for absolutely free. Even if you decide sledding is not for you, there will still be f…
If you have been to the A&W restaurant in Forest City recently, you may have noticed some new faces. Co-owners, Joseph Helfter and Mandy Mack sold the business to James Davis. Helfter and Mack had owned and managed the restaurant since 2016; however, they decided now was the time to ma…
After 20 years of hard work, the James Webb Space Telescope launched on December 25th, 2021 on the Ariane 5 rocket. The mission lifted off from a European spaceport in French Guiana to Lagrange Point 2 one million miles from Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope was designed to look at light…
If you have been to the A&W restaurant in Forest City recently, you may have noticed some new faces. Co-owners, Joseph Helfter and Mandy Mack sold the business to James Davis. Helfter and Mack had owned and managed the restaurant since 2016; however, they decided now was the time to ma…
I transitioned between three different schools. The first school I went to was John Adams in Mason City. They had a good schedule and they had a decent lunch. I had good friends, but you had to be open a little bit and social. You had to work hard academically for everything. They expected y…
With the huge success of their business, Freedom Fitness owners Brett and Allyson Wilson begin the process of moving to a new location. Taking a risk, the owners opened their business during the pandemic and quickly became a hit amongst students and adults alike. Brett and Allyson quickly re…
January 13th was a big night for Kellen Moore. He accomplished something that not very many wrestlers can achieve in their high school career. Kellen Moore was able to get his 100 wins. The head coach Steve Staudt had this to say about it: “Kellen works hard everyday in practice and out of p…
After the death of Pablo Escobar in 1993, his personal zoo of exotic animals was left alone and the task of removing them needed to be done. Many animals were removed from the zoo except the four hippopotamuses Escobar owned. They were left there because authorities thought they would die. T…
The speech team at Forest City High School is coached by Josh Spargrove. The team has been working hard to compete well at their first competition on January 22. “We have been practicing since late November to prepare, and we usually meet with each group for about an hour,” said Coach Sparrg…
The Iowa Hawkeyes football team had a pretty successful season in 2021 and that success is expected to repeat itself in 2022. The Hawkeyes have some key players returning in 2022. Riley Moss announced on Twitter that he would be returning to the Hawkeyes in 2022. “I have more goals I would l…
Caitlin Clark joins a list of greats after an amazing start to her sophomore year. The list of NBA greats include Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Russel Westbrook, James Harden, Luca Doncic, and Giannis Antetekumnpo. These are the only players to do this since Clark was born. She recorded a trip…
Not that long ago, Iowa was one of the top rated K-12 education systems in the nation, but not anymore. Iowa now ranks somewhere in the middle. This should be of great concern for all Iowans and, therefore, a top priority for our state political leaders. Local public schools advocate Raymond…
I want to begin by quoting an excerpt from the commencement address which I delivered at Waldorf University on May 8, 2021.
Last month I wrote about Iowa's inadequate funding of its public schools and public universities and the need to reestablish our kids as the state's priority. I told you that Governor Reynolds was misleading us when she talked about the state's "historic" investment in K-12 education. I furt…
It is time to stop kidding ourselves. Our Governor and most of our Republican state legislators are misleading you. In her Condition of the State address earlier this year Governor Kim Reynolds proposed what she called a "historic" investment in K-12 education. The only thing historic about…
Along with being a federal employee retiree , I am self employed and have paid social security as a self employee. Since the WEP affects my CSR pension and SS benefits I believe I am being treated unfairly. Since I am still actively self employed I feel I should be exempt from paying into th…
Christmas 2000 years ago did not begin with peace on earth but confrontation. The Christ child came to remedy man’s basic problem, our sin nature by paying the death penalty for us and providing forgiveness and assurance of eternal life with God.
Hancock County Iowa Board of Supervisors
“Constitutional County”, it was recently asserted in a meeting of the Hancock County Board of Supervisors, stems from more than just a declaration of support for the constitution. The assertion suggested the term serves as “code language” for an extreme agenda coming from outside our local r…
Our house, as if alive, creaked and groaned in agony from the pressure only possible from heavy, constant wind, with 70-80 mile an hour gusts. Gusts as sharp and sudden as the crack of a whip. And at times sustained as long as a boiling tea kettle whistle. You want to get up and turn off the…