My name is Amanda Kriegel, and I have served as Tama County Treasurer since April 2022. I am continuing my candidacy for Treasurer as a write-in candidate in this year’s general election, and I want Tama County residents to know more about my record, my experience and what I hope to ...
I want to address some misinformation that Heather Knebel put in her Oct. 9th column about representation. With three county supervisors, I represented Toledo, Garwin, Gladbrook and Lincoln with Lincoln being 20 miles from me. With the five-member board, Curt Hilmer has Lincoln at 25 miles ...
On Monday, Sept. 28, President Trump announced that a new steel mill will be built near Fort Madison in Lee County, Iowa by Mesabi Metallics. This is incredible news, not just for Iowa, but for the nation. The announcement is a once-in-a-generation economic victory for Iowa. Mesabi is making a ...
I have a habit of watching C-SPAN, with my coffee, possibly more mornings than I’d like to admit. That or RFD-TV, which has real-time updates on grain or fertilizer prices. But every now and again I take a break and flip through a few channels before setting about my day at hand. Not too ...
The school field trip tragedy late last month at Lake Macbride State Park again demonstrated the adage that a rumor can travel halfway around the globe while the truth is still putting on its shoes. Government silence during a public crisis or mass-casualty event creates an information vacuum ...
For most of his 92 years, Wendell Berry farmed his Lane’s Landing homestead in Henry County, Kentucky, using methods that embraced the land. He preferred draft horses to diesel-powered tractors and used crop rotation and manure fertilizer to naturally nurture his fields. The widely revered ...
Two hundred and fifty years ago, America was founded on the revolutionary idea that individuals are endowed with inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Americans are called to uphold this sacred inheritance to ensure our founding principles are carried from one ...
As an educator who's spent years building a foundation for children, I believe that school choice is a foundational freedom that Iowans should have. Parents should be able to have more say over where their kids go to school and more say over where their tax dollars are spent. The Democrats ...
As State Auditor, I've been sounding the alarm on the unaccountable private school voucher program for years. Politicians who like to lie say it's because I'm against private schools. That's not true at all. What I am against is waste, fraud, and abuse of Iowa tax dollars, and the private ...
Iowans need to realize they are being misled by the anti-Proposition 12 Save Our Bacon (SOB) bill being hawked by Iowa’s US senators, and particularly by Second District Congresswoman Ashley Hinson. (The current US House of Representatives version of the Farm Bill includes the Save Our ...