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A Carroll woman, on street during 9/11 in NYC, saw people jumping from towers, Kmart cut off firearms sales in our Iowa town, gas lines formed
In tens of thousands of interviews in a 36-year career one of the more searing ones I’ve printed came on 9/11, a day which our newspaper, The Carroll Daily Times Herald, devoted the full front page to the terror attack. We were an afternoon...
From anti-abortion stance to property rights protector Thomas Laehn says he’s true conservative in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race
U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Laehn, a fierce opponent of abortion and defender of individual property rights, says he’s the more conservative candidate in the race for this statewide office.
“Yes, I am, without a doubt,” Laehn said in an i...
Ro Khanna headlining Iowa legislator Sean Bagniewski’s annual Des Moines fish fry
Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) speaking at a student Q&A at Stanford University about "Who Controls the Future of AI: The Oligarchs or the People?" Photo: Creative Commons
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State Rep. Sean Bag...
Iowa U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Laehn would serve just one six-year term if elected, he says
Thomas Laehn is the twice-elected Greene County attorney. Photo Courtesy of the Laehn for U.S. Senate Facebook page.
U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Laehn of Jefferson has one of the more aggressive, if not foolproof, solutions on campaign fi...
Iowans For Decency video spotlights Hinson wealth, suggests disconnect with Iowans
Iowans For Decency, a political action committee and advocacy organization with roots in Ashley Hinson’s alma mater, Valley High School in West Des Moines, has released a video making the case that there’s a wide gap between the Republican...
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Douglas Burns is a fourth-generation Iowa journalist and co-founder of The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation. Burns is the former co-owner of the Carroll (Iowa) Times Herald, which was in his family for 93 years.
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