4+ hour, 23+ min ago   (484+ words) Jalatama “Jolly” Omar is a little more than a month into his new role as Stuart’s city administrator, and he is excited to apply lessons from his experiences in several different communities to his new position. He was drawn to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (602+ words) Maggie Haberman, White House correspondent for the New York Times, was asked recently what she thought about the president’s mental acuity. She’s interviewed him many times, most recently for her best seller, “Regime Change.” Haberman said she didn’t feel qualified…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (666+ words) After high school, I attended the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. While I lived in Eau Claire for several years, I never became a part of the community. While it’s certainly harder to integrate yourself in a city of nearly…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (261+ words) Tanner Webb will be Ward 3’s next city council representative following a close race Tuesday against Tawna Kinzie. With only 73 of the registered 840 Ward 3 voters making an appearance, the election was won by only 7 votes. Webb took 39 votes, Kinzie 32 and…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (565+ words) On Thursday, July 16, President Trump gave a nationally televised speech regarding his long-standing claim that the 2020 election was “rigged,” and he should have been declared the winner. The statistics show that Trump lost by 8 million votes. The six-year-old allegations of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (599+ words) Iowa is hosting several of the nation’s closest elections in November, according to political forecasters like Cook Political Report and Inside Elections. One of these is the District 3 House race between Republican incumbent Zach Nunn and Democrat challenger Sarah Trone…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (804+ words) Two candidates will compete in a special election for the Creston City Council Ward 3 position this Tuesday, left vacant following the resignation of Jen Worisek in March. Webb is a paraprofessional at Creston High School, working with students both inside…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (462+ words) It was standing room only in Creston, the first of four stops Wednesday for Rob Sand during his 100-town-hall tour as he works to earn Iowans’ votes for governor this November. Housed at A&G Restaurant and Lounge, questions ran…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (265+ words) With politicians on both sides of the aisle making their rounds this summer in preparation for November’s midterms, two Iowa women will be in Creston Sunday to speak with voters. The Union County Democrats are hosting Sarah Trone Garriott, the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (718+ words) When I was at Rob Sand’s town hall in Clarke County, he described a familiar scenario. “Iowa’s full of people who are able to look at someone that they mostly disagree with, but just kind of keep that conversation going…...