Letter to the Editor: Why replace judges who make own laws on marriage

JOHN STEIGELMEYER
October 25, 2010 10:38 am

       Memo to R.S.:  This is not an ouster, but a retention vote.  What happens if they are not retained? --- someone else gets appointed.

Letter to the Editor: Vote against fear & hate on judicial retention issue

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ
October 18, 2010 9:55 am

To The Editor, Have those who are advocating the ouster of three Supreme Court Justices really thought through what happens if they are successful.

Letter to the Editor: Support Zaun for Congress

BARRY ADAMS
October 12, 2010 9:59 am

While Brad Zaun was mayor of Urbandale, the city enjoyed the lowest tax rates in the metro area because of Zaun's leadership. Zaun cleared the way for businesses to grow and expand, growing the tax base and helping Urbandale prosper.

New junk mail

VINTON TODAY
October 6, 2010 1:49 pm

Whatever the technology, people will try to find a way to use it to promote their products or business at as little cost to them as possible. Especially if it's possible to do so for free.

The joys of junior journalism for the not-so junior journalist

VINTON TODAY
October 6, 2010 12:30 pm

Everyone once in a while,  you hear an old song that is new to you, and it brings perspective to your life. Like "Partners, Brothers and Friends.

Panel discussion demonstrates disappointing limitations of modern media

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 21, 2010 11:02 am

  What I learned on a Press Panel: I learned that radio guys are in the business for a reason, they love to talk, if you want a guy that loves to talk, look there.

The Greatest Generation we never knew, at least not well enough

VINTON TODAY
September 7, 2010 10:12 am

I was standing at the door of St. Elizabeth Church in Hiawatha, taking photos as the Honor Flight staff lined the hallway and applauded the World War II veterans leaving their orientation.

Finally: Time to put Total Dale Earnhardt policy to work in Iraq

VINTON TODAY
September 2, 2010 11:26 am

Finally, seven years after George W. Bush told the world that the war in Iraq would start “at the time and the place of our choosing,” America now has the chance to do what I wrote in March of 2003 that we should do to bring long-term peace and prosperity to Iraq, and the rest of the Middle East.

Dear Editor,

VINTON TODAY
September 2, 2010 8:08 am

Dear Editor, We have been hammered by the press and many elected leaders about the consequences of allowing the so called "Bush Tax Cuts" to expire.

Peeking at the Guest Book: A beginner's guide to grief

VINTON TODAY
August 27, 2010 3:11 pm

“You gave away one of our secrets,” said Frank, the Funeral Home Guy. We had just buried my mom — and three weeks to the day later, my grandfather — when I wrote the following words: “Some people think that the purpose of The Guest Book is to keep track of the people who attend a funeral or visitation, so you can properly thank them.