Over the last eight years, there has been an estimated 580 percent increase in Americans being taken hostage around the world, according to a report in the New York Times .
Currently, over 50 …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/25/23
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Much like learning a second language, exposure to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) at an early age prepares students for ongoing success in an increasingly technological world. …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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10/25/23
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In mid-October, Lake of the Woods, Ontario, looked like it was mid-September; no red and yellow foliage to amount to much, just green hillsides and water warmer than I had ever seen it. The …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/25/23
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I wish I could have been so skillful to put these feeling in words.
Senator Cindy O’Laughin’s capitol report this week is better than anything I could have written. I …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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10/25/23
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Dear Editor,
Military and police families who had loved ones killed or maimed defending the freedoms/laws of America are enraged by how the Democratic Party leaders have destroyed those …
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10/18/23
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Dear Editor,
Have you ever felt like you have been to hell and back, live in pain every day, yet you thank the good Lord every day that you were born, raised, and grew old in the greatest …
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10/18/23
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Dear Editor,
Did anyone catch the LTE in the U.D. from Fr. Stephen Jones about an audit? It is available online at https://diojeffcity.org/finance-and-accounting/.
I have not had the chance …
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10/18/23
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The news coming from Israel is downright shocking. Horrific images and videos of heartless terrorists celebrating their destruction strike anger in our hearts and pain in our souls. Israel, our …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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10/18/23
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Rotten luck, that’s all you can call it! The day before my birthday, in mid-October, I was fishing in Canada, way out in the Lake of the Woods, and found a great spot for walleye in a remote …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/18/23
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T he Palestinian Islamist terrorist group Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7, where they executed, raped, tortured, beheaded, burned alive and kidnapped over a …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/18/23
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As a Republican lead legislature, we look for ways to decrease the burden of taxes on every household and at the same time respond to the services you want and need. In the collective view, we all …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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10/18/23
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The summer of 2023 was one to remember for many farm families in Missouri.
We’re accustomed to hot dry summers but my own father, who’s farmed “awhile,” says this is the …
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BY GARRETT HAWKINS, President, Missouri Farm Bureau
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10/18/23
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Dear Editor,
If Kristie Scheulen is correct in her claim that the diocese will not perform an audit of its financials then a red flag has been raised. With all the monies that the diocese …
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10/11/23
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Dear Editor,
New speed limits signs are being erected all over Linn. No, it is not “April Fools” but what good do the signs do? There are speed limit signs in existence now. Are they …
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10/11/23
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By now, you’re probably sick of hearing about the “Motion to Vacate,” the “looming government shutdown,” and how Congress can’t seem to get its act together. I …
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By Blaine Luetkemeyer, 3rd District Congressman
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10/11/23
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There is a special place I visit to bow-hunt and get away from people and this awful world. It is on a lake and I get there by boat. I know that bass fishing is often very good on the nearby lake …
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By Larry Dablemont, Contributing Columnist
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10/11/23
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E ven though Missouri is landlocked with no access to the ocean, I was fascinated with sailing ships as a young boy. My favorite models were not of cars, but of clippers (a fast sailing ship).
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/11/23
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I t was a fellow journalist, short-story writer, and novelist Rudyard Kipling — the author of “The Jungle Book” — who is credited with being the originator of the phrase …
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By Dennis Warden, Publisher
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10/4/23
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The Missouri State Fair, held from Aug. 10 to Aug. 20, 2023, welcomed nearly 350,000 visitors this year. This marks an approximate two-and-a-half percent increase from the previous year’s …
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By State Rep. Bruce Sassmann, Missouri’s 61st District
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10/4/23
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A colossal battle over private property rights is underway in the Heartland, fueled by your tax dollars. If your farm, ranch, or little piece of paradise is relatively flat, chances are the property …
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BY Dan Engemann, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Missouri Farm Bureau
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10/4/23
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