opinion
Letter from Oklahoma subscriber concerning white supremacy definition
Friday, March 19, 2021 8:23 pm
Dear Editor, I see the words “white supremacist” used as if they are a group of people that are domestic terrorists by the new FBI Director Wray and quoted by others in letters. I thought the name should be explained …
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Response to Craig Spilde’s March 11, 2021 letter:
Friday, March 19, 2021 8:21 pm
Dear Editor, Iowa voting law. I could not disagree more with Craig Spilde and his negative stance directed at Senator Mike Klimesh and Mike’s desire to achieve fair and honest elections. Craig’s assumption that there was a fair and honest …
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Democrats stand up for everyday Americans
Friday, March 19, 2021 8:21 pm
Dear Editor, Did you vote in the 2020 election? Were you proud of the excellent jobs our Commissioners of Elections and poll workers did? Did you know Iowa ranks as one of the top states in election integrity and lowest …
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The big lie gives birth
Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:32 pm
Dear Editor, Trump’s dangerous big lie – that the 2020 election was rigged, stolen, and fraught with voter fraud – had deadly consequences. For weeks before and after the election, Trump repeated the big lie. Trump supporters were enraged and …
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To our elected officials: Don’t be sheep
Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:31 pm
Dear Editor, First off, I do believe in good people having guns. So, having an open door and no rules, to give away guns, just like a prize for buying over 10 dollars-worth of food, so a five-year old can …
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Letter in response to Senator Klimesh’s March 4 “Klimesh’s Corner” column regarding Iowa voting laws
Thursday, March 11, 2021 2:25 pm
Dear Editor, I worked with Mike Klimesh for many years when I was postmaster in Decorah and he was the plant manager at Graphics in Calmar. I always found him to be well informed, fair minded and reasonable. That’s why …
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Bjerke exhibit is “an amazing accomplishment”
Friday, March 5, 2021 9:10 pm
Dear Editor, Lucille Bjerke, originally from Wisconsin, who also lived at times in Arizona and Illinois, returned to Decorah in 2016, where she once studied painting at Luther College under Orville Running, to live near her son Lee Bjerke, Winneshiek …
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Letter in support of 2020 election officials and volunteers
Friday, March 5, 2021 9:09 pm
This is a letter of support, encouragement and thanks to election officials across this country, from secretaries of state to county recorders and their staffs as well as thousands of volunteer workers who all combined to assure that the November …
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Johnson will be missed but not forgotten
Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:42 pm
Dear Editor, During COVID-19 isolation I have been re-reading some favorite books in my library, and I happened to come across an essay that Paul Johnson had written in a booklet “IOWA-Portait of the Land.” It was so well written …
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In memoriam: Transplants to our community led with their hearts
Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:41 pm
Dear Editor, Two towering members of our Decorah community left us last week: Mike Blevins and Paul Johnson. Mike passed away on Sunday, Feb. 14; Paul left us on Monday, Feb. 15. Both men were extremely active in our …
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Letter to Bergan and Klimesh on voting laws
Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:39 pm
Dear Editor, Voting is the fundamental duty and right of United States citizens: the way that we can directly express ourselves politically. Your party is pushing changes in Iowa voting laws with no advance notice to the public and next …
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A letter to the taxpayers of Winneshiek County
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:24 pm
Dear Editor, After much deliberation, I felt the need to make a recent purchase by the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors known to the public. Mid-January, three implement dealers (myself included) were asked to submit quotes for a new 115hp …
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Maybe history will sort it out
Friday, February 19, 2021 9:22 pm
Dear Editor, The United States came together after 911 in a bi-partisan way to become engaged in fighting terrorists from foreign countries. The Patriot Act followed. (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism …
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Enact fair and enforceable face mask laws for the common good
Friday, February 19, 2021 9:22 pm
Dear Editor, The air volume in a closed room, no matter how large or small is communal property, shared by everyone. That airspace, and any virus it contains extends into the lungs of every person breathing in that room. …
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Reynold’s rescinding of mask and distance ordinance is premature; safety tips suggested for public
Friday, February 19, 2021 9:21 pm
Dear Editor, Iowa’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic is not over. Governor Reynold’s premature rescinding of her weak mask and social distancing ordinance, done without consulting Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), may cause the estimated death of an additional …