28 October 2016

LETTER: Gov’t failing to help legal residents


By Wes Koebrick, Charles City Another general election is right around the corner, and I hope people use good judgment in their votes this year. I i...

LETTER: Crooks a strong leader worthy of being sheriff


By Anne Marie Sherman and Minessa Wiltse, Charles City As secretaries in the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, Anne Marie Sherman (hired in 1999) and...

LETTER: Weaver takes King to task over photo and his record


By Kim Weaver, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 4th District My opponent once again did something that made my mouth hang open in disbelief. This ti...
 

Outside dark money funding attack ads against Wilhelm


By Mark B. Anderson, Cresco I have received three pieces of campaign literature and have watched television ads produced by a corporation named “P...

LETTER: I trust Wilhelm to take our message to Des Moines


By Steven Zimmer, Floyd With the Nov. 8 deadline for the election creeping closer by the day, and many Americans feeling disenfranchised with the pre...

LETTER: Jail staff supports Crooks for sheriff


By Caitlin Patrie, Lucas D. Johnson, Julie K. Eggena, Angela Robel, Judith E. McEntire and Sonja Cotton, Floyd County Jail employees The Floyd County...
 

LETTER: Ads against Wilhelm are misleading


By Samantha Hess, Charles City When I saw the Waylon Brown add about Mary Jo Wilhelm, I said, “REALLY? Is he telling the truth?” This is not the...
Prichard, Wilhelm fight tirelessly for our schools

Prichard, Wilhelm fight tirelessly for our schools


By Jason Walker, Charles City Unfortunately this year our local state level political races have developed a very negative tone as a couple of our l...

LETTER: Waylon Brown promoting Wild West


By Jamie Lewis I attended last week’s AAUW-sponsored candidates’ forum at the Trinity United Methodist Church, and was impressed by the congenia...
 

LETTER: Don’t choose between the lesser of two evils


By Trudy Fuhriman, Gunder, Iowa This election season has produced divisiveness and frustration for the American electorate. The two major political p...