To the Editor: Thank you to everyone who attended the 24th Annual Friends of St. Thomas Ball and Auction on Saturday, May 3. What a joy it was to gather as a community for socializing, celebrating, and supporting a great cause. The evening was filled with laughter, generosity, and goodwill ...

To the editor: I’m a fifth-generation Iowa farmer, and I’ve been renovating the home my grandfather and great-grandfather built in 1955. Like others in my community, I recently had a close call with carbon monoxide poisoning. After getting severe headaches and numbness, I knew I had to ...

To the editor: “That’s so true,” replied the employee restocking shelves when I reached for an item that had yet another price increase and said, “The billionaires are robbing us blind.” President (Ronald) Reagan’s campaigning scheme that giving tax breaks to the rich will ...

To the editor: Unfortunately, I am forced to agree with (President Donald) Trump on one point: we now live in a s-hole country. I was born, raised and educated locally. As a child I had some chores on the farm. After moving to town I raked leaves, shoveled snow, mowed lawns and had a ...

To the editor: Never in my lifetime did I think my friends — whose skin is a different color than mine — would live in fear. Never in my lifetime did I think those who love someone of the same sex would be afraid to exist as themselves. Never in my lifetime did I think my older ...

To the editor: I read with interest the story on financials involved in the city income and expenses. I took several accounting classes in college and never appreciated them until I became a manager and discovered the things that could be done with accounting. When I read about the city ...