As the holiday season draws to a close each year, The Messenger’s writing staff embarks on a challenging adventure — producing a comprehensive look at how a wide array of developments in our region are shaping tomorrow. While every issue of this newspaper is filled with articles, features ...
To the editor: I want to commend Chris Johnson for his excellent coverage of musical events at the Fort Dodge schools. He is so thorough, detailed and professional and has an uncanny talent for capturing the enthusiasm of the participants. We really appreciate his intuitive coverage. We ...
Last week, the Senate released our proposal on property tax relief, with Iowans as its focus. It implements limitations to rein in spending and growth of government, eliminates the rollback to help provide more certainty and transparency, and provides a permanent 50 percent taxable value ...
To the editor: It was explained to me that friends and relatives who are better off than some of us lower class people can’t always understand or see the lower class battles with less finances. Confronted by ICE, raise your arms and verbally pray as long as you can. We know what the ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to be observed Monday, is an appropriate time to recall an exceptional person. But more importantly, it’s a time to recommit the nation to the cause for which King died and the legacy he left for all of us. The famed civil rights leader, assassinated April 4, ...
We are back at the Capitol in Des Moines and the legislative session has officially started. The first week is always busy with speeches from legislative leaders, the governor, the chief justice and the adjutant general. Senate Republicans are proud of the progress our state continues to ...