To the editor: As the country struggles to make sense of another mass shooting, this time at a “Sweet Sixteen” party Saturday night that killed four people in Dadeville, Alabama, law enforcement tries to find a motive. Law enforcement has been unable to determine a motive for the Nashville Christian School shooting or the Louisville…

To the editor: I would like to thank Ringgold County Conservation Board Director Kate Zimmerman for the great job she has done here. Ringgold County was very blessed to get a director with her vision, talent, and work ethic. Good luck in your next position, Kate, I know you will be very successful! Mike Avitt…

To the editor: Please wear blue on April 7 to show support for Prevent Child Abuse Month. Tara Wurster, BA (Ed) Ringgold County Public Health Family Education Coordinator Mount Ayr Tara Wurster, BA (Ed) Ringgold County Public Health Family Education Coordinator 109 West Madison Mount Ayr

To the editor: How to successfully manage a presidential campaign from your basement. Start with biased media, 51 lying security “experts” and end with stuffed ballot boxes! Works every time it is tried! In four years an 80-year-old woman made 9,000 political donations ($2.00 to $3.00 each). The total was over $330,000. She can prove…

To the editor: As an avid, early morning meditative walker, I’ve noticed two glaring problems that need some attention. The first being the staggering amount of dogs that are either roaming free, or chained up inadequately. By that I mean, if the chain attached to the dog allows them access to the public sidewalk, it…

To the editor: Last fall the PA Dems elected Tony DeLuca with over 85% of the vote. Tony had been dead for weeks before the election! Sen Letterman is now writing RR safety legislation from his psych world! His wife says, “I don’t pay attention when he is speaking.” I suggest the Dems bumps Kamala…

To the editor: Following yet another mass shooting which took away the bright promise of three young lives at Michigan State University, we need to ask ourselves this question, which is more important, the lives of children or unfettered access to guns? The facts of the Michigan State shooting are clear. The gunman, Anthony Dwayne…

I would like to address the concerns of helicopter parents and Senate President Jake Chapman and his fellow Republican lawmakers on their determination to control books in school classrooms and libraries by allowing parents to sue districts over books they believe are obscene. The books they would ban are mostly written by Black, Hispanic and…

A recent piece published by the Mount Ayr Record News highlighted the problems with the Iowa legislature considering a bill that would allow parents to choose their children’s place of education. In doing so, the legislature would grant a parental reallocation of per student funding to a private school of their choosing rather than automatically…

To the editor: Joe in an unchallenged press statement said, “Remember what the economy was like when I got here? Jobs were hemorrhaging, inflation was rising, we weren’t manufacturing a damn thing here, we were in a real economic difficulty.” He has got away with this so many times, I’m even starting to believe! The…