Letter to the editor, On Wednesday (3/29) I heard on NPR that President Trump is establishing a Commission on Addictive Crisis due to the overwhelming opioid epidemic in our nation. Also noted were 91 deaths daily due to opioid addiction.
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March 24, 2017 This week we passed a series of bills on the floor. Next week will be our second funnel week in the Legislature. The second funnel is when Senate bills need to be out of House committees and House bills out of Senate committees in order to be considered for the remaining weeks of this legislative session.
Read MoreQ & A with Sen Chuck Grassley – National Ag Week
Mar 17, 2017 ~with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why is National Ag Week a good reminder for Americans to appreciate how food gets to their tables? A: Americans enjoy the most wholesome, affordable and abundant food supply in the world. According to the USDA, the share of disposable income Americans spend on food has fallen from 17.5 percent to…
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In the Legislature, March 17, 2017 On Wednesday, March 15, Iowans recognized Canada Day at the Capitol. Andrew Leslie, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs for the Canadian Parliament, visited the Iowa House and Senate, along with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. Mr. Leslie spoke about the importance of strong US-Canada relations and growing trade between Iowa and Canada, adding that the trade is…
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Ron Wagner pays tribute to the late Chuck Berry. “Chuck meant a lot to me,” Ron said. Click here to enlarge the art.
Read MoreA quiet Irish hero
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I just finished a strange and difficult book; wondrous, too. It is a novel published nearly 20 years ago — The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry. It is a long and arduous tale about an Irisher born in 1900 who lived through the troubles of Ireland’s independence from Britain, became a seaman in…
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Greene County high school students are part of the Relay for Life, with the Spirit Team already nearing the $1000 mark in fundraising and the NHS Stompers continuing the long tradition of selling daffodils as an American Cancer Society fundraiser. Hooray! ~Tori Riley, Relay for Life event leadership team and GCNO publisher “Out-of-town reader really curious why mayor of Grand…
Read MoreLetter to the community – Matt Wetrich
To the community, Benjamin Franklin said “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest,” and I strongly agree with that statement which is why I have an interest in investing my time to being a part of the Greene County School Board.
Read MoreLetter to the community – Steve Fisher
One of the most predominant questions on the tongues of Greene County residents in regards to our schools and to our community in general seems to be “what direction are we headed?” This question seems to be front and center in discussions that you and I are having with many other citizens, students, teachers, and leaders. It seems that the…
Read More“Enemy of the people”
~a column by Colleen O’Brien I was told as a young writer that as a reporter my job was to be the reader’s advocate. I was not to be the advocate of the people in the government I was writing about; nor those who ran institutions or companies.
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