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Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting What does IDK mean? I don’t know. Nobody seems to know. Driving by Bruce's drive I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. The much-dreaded spring ahead. Daylight saving time should direct timepieces to be...
Dear Editor, I have known Dean Mueller for many years. We first met when I was appointed to the Worth County conservation board in the early in 1994.He was an effective and intelligent as the director for the Worth County conservation board.  During this time he was awarded numerus awards at the...
Week Eight The end of this week marks the halfway point and end of the first funnel week. Going forward, only bills that have passed their originating Senate or House committee will still be up for consideration. As always, the “funnel week” deadline kicked everybody into overdrive with a focus...
88th General Assembly: The eighth week of this year’s session is known as “funnel week” in the legislature. This week is the first legislative deadline of the year. All Senate policy bills must have passed through committee in order to be considered for the rest of the year. One of these was...
(Editor's Note: Please forgive some shameless self-promotion. This article was shared with us and we'd like to think it applies to the Northwood Anchor.) The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on communities across the globe. No individual, household or industry was unaffected by the pandemic...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. Why? It takes my mind off current events. Driving by Bruce's drive I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. A caller told me he wasn't getting a vaccination. I hadn'...
Week Seven This week our attention was focused on the Election Integrity Bill and after several hours of debate on Wednesday night it passed out of the House 57-37. The changes made will provide uniformity in our election laws, streamline our process, require maintenance on voter databases and...
88th General Assembly: My Mondays typically start off the same during session: get up and go through the usual morning routine of loading the car for the week, wish my wife and kids a good week, make my coffee and out the door I go for the two and a half hour commute to the Capitol. But this week...
A sweeping election bill that shrinks Iowa’s absentee voting window and introduces new penalties for election misconduct was headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk. The House passed the bill, Senate File 413, by a 57-37 vote. The Senate voted 30-18 to pass an identical bill. Reynolds is expected to...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting What's wrong? Nothing and everything. I'm a born worrier. Well, you were born at the right time. Driving by Bruce's drive I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. We weren't cameras with legs in those days....

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