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2+ hour, 12+ min ago (191+ words) About this series: This Iowa Newspaper Association monthly feature, "Political Voices," offers perspectives from both major political parties published together. This month's topic prompt was: 'Eminent Domain and Property Rights: How should Iowa balance private property rights with economic development,…...
POLITICAL VOICES: Protecting Iowa Landowners is a fundamental conservative principle
21+ hour, 42+ min ago (195+ words) Clinton Herald River Flood Warning until SUN 7: 48 AM CDT The very first bill passed by the Iowa House in the 2026 Legislative Session sent a clear message - private property rights must be protected from eminent domain abuse. No issue has generated…...
Paint it Back expands in and beyond Lyons District
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (190+ words) A mural by Chris Shannon was completed Monday on the east-facing exterior wall of Homer's Deli on Main Avenue. River Flood Warning until SUN 6: 36 AM CDT "Renewal," a mural by Chris Shannon completed Monday on the east-facing wall of Homer's…...
Former President Barack Obama hopes his newly opened center will affirm 'how precious our democracy really is"
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (67+ words) Former President Barack Obama hopes his newly opened center will affirm 'how precious our democracy really is.' River Flood Warning until SUN 6: 36 AM CDT - Hard work and grit: How Clinton's Elle Lonergan won a state title - 2025-2026 CHAPY Nominations: Football, Cross…...
LETTER: Please listen to frustrated citizens on data center issue
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (173+ words) Growing up in 1950s-1960s Clinton, we lived with pollution. Hardly anyone mentioned hazards, because speaking up may have meant losing customers, clients and friendships with industrial employees in organizations, churches, Chamber of Commerce and boards. Clinton was a company town. River…...
Auditor of State reports impact of ESAs
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (201+ words) DES MOINES " Auditor of State Rob Sand released a report on the impact of Education Savings Accounts on Wednesday that states taxpayers in fiscal year 2026 paid an estimated $258. 7 million to fund private school tuition. River Flood Warning until SUN 6: 36 AM…...
BRASS TACKS: Will we be a data center or agricultural state?
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (173+ words) Iowa is heavily rooted in agriculture. It's in our DNA. My husband and I farm on land that's been in our family for four generations. River Flood Warning until TUE 9: 00 AM CDT Iowa is heavily rooted in agriculture. It's in…...
LETTER: Fossil fuel industry controls our government
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (256+ words) The world as we know it today was built on the back of burning fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this process has come at a tremendous cost. Emissions from burning fossil fuels are rapidly warming our world at a rate that has…...
LETTER: Civics legislation fails to understand the problem
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (142+ words) The recent letter, "Iowa makes history and civics great again" (June 8, 2026), should disturb anyone concerned with the teaching of "history and civics." River Flood Warning until TUE 9: 00 AM CDT Flash Flood Warning from WED 8: 25 AM CDT until WED 2: 30 PM CDT…...
LETTER: Clinton's process to answer data center questions will be long and thorough
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (188+ words) When we moved to Clinton in 1981 the population was over 35, 000. Today our population is barely 24, 000. In those 45 years we have lost hundreds, if not thousands, of excellent paying jobs. River Flood Warning until SAT 8: 00 PM CDT When we moved to…...