Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Question concerning flashing lights on vehicles
Dear Editor,As I was driving home in the evening this past weekend, I noticed a Benton County Conservation pickup coming into town near the fire station, with it's red and blue lights flashing. Peopl...
Letter to the Editor...and the Iowa Delegaion of the House of Representatives
Dear Editor, and the Iowa Delegation of the House of Reps.
Something strange is happening in the DOJ the FBI and CIA; Paul Manafort
being moved to Rikers Island and placed in solitar...
Another day older, fortunately not deeper in debt
The only constant in life is change. I don't like change. I like things steady and sure, a bit mundane. A bit boring. I'm not so sure that I can say it's been that this year. Pondering...
Letter to the Editor: June 6, 1944
Dear Editor,Franklin Roosevelt prayer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj2pXLZd2UI The words of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckH4ZwkuccA&...
Letter to the Editor: Inoperable Vehicle
Dear Editor,I had another letter ready to send, another part of our experience with the City of Vinton, when we FINALLY found the definition of an "inoperable vehicle" in Vinton's Ordinances. I knew ...
Best wishes Class of 2019
Dear 2019 graduates,I’m not sure if there’s anything that could be said that hasn’t already been said to graduating classes across the country as they prepare to leave the doors of their high school ...
Letter to the Editor: A Veteran's Memory of a tour in Thailand
One of our last missions in the country of Thailand:We were to refuel a flight of four F-105s. All we knew was a cell of two KC-135 Tankers and four F-105 crossed the hostile fire line heading ...
Letter to the Editor: On Memorial Day, We Never Forget
On Memorial Day we honor those who have fallen in Combat and also those who have died training for War. Every Veteran has...
Letter to the Editor: The Osborns Respond
Dear Editor,We have been the topic of conversation in many areas in the past few weeks. Some good, some bad, some don’t have a clue what they are talking about! No one really knows what has transpire... Letter of the Editor: In Honor and Memory of Joe Lynn Fowler
In Memory of Joe Lynn FowlerRemembering-On May 16th, Fifty years ago Joe Lynn Fowler, Vinton native son and hero, died in Vietnam fighting for his country, and possibly even more protecting the men i...