There are currently 25,910 people on probation in Iowa. That's almost one of every hundred Iowans. When those on parole, special sentence, pretrial release with supervision and other criminal situations that are not jail or prison are added, nearly …
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3/12/21
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Last week marked Read Across
America Day and the birthday
of the late Theodore Geisel, better
known as Dr. Seuss, author
of fancifully illustrated, rhyming
books beloved by children
for generations. The National
Education …
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3/8/21
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Last spring just as the isolation
of the pandemic was
setting in, Hulu released a
nine-episode series called
“Mrs. America,” about
the movement to ratify the
Equal Rights Amendment,
the backlash that was mostly …
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2/19/21
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The Robert and Billie Jo Ray
Foundation is accepting nominations
of Iowans of Character
for its annual awards. Our
newsroom hopes there will
be nominations from Emmet
County. Of all places, we might
need the boost more …
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2/19/21
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National Marriage Week touts matrimony’s financial benefits
For the twelfth year, National Marriage Week has launched its grassroots campaign to increase marriage education and champion marital success. Running always the week leading up to …
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2/12/21
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Brrr!
As the latest cold front continues today, the newsroom thought about people who might be vulnerable in the cold weather, whether an elderly neighbor, relative or colleague, a family struggling to make ends meet, or others.
When subzero …
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2/12/21
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The Iowa Donor Network reports over 1.5 million
Iowans have signed up to be organ donors. That’s
1,532,495 at last count. Many of these potential
donors signed up when they renewed their driver’s
licenses or signed their license …
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1/25/21
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The events that occurred at the Capitol Wednesday are the results of a lack of leadership at the highest level of our country, and should bring embarrassment to all of us regarding where we are as a country. When the president tweets that he will …
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1/11/21
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For those of us who sleep at night, the earth burst through its Winter Solstice and our planet's northward tilt oriented the sun to its lowest point along our horizon, and we awoke this morning to the first full day of winter.
We haven't seen …
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12/21/20
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President-elect Joe Biden's continuing work on building his cabinet included the news that former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will leave the U.S. Dairy Export Council to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farm Journal Washington …
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12/21/20
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