Opinion
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Our View | Reducing carbon footprint starts with simple steps
The Environmental Awareness Team (E.A.T) has introduced a 30-day challenge for the month of November that includes simple ways individuals can improve the planet. There...
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Cards Against Humanity offering STEM scholarship for women
Are you a woman interested in pursuing a career and hoping to obtain a degree in a STEM field? Then this scholarship is for you!...
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Our View | Standing Together | Allies at Board meeting make big Difference
LGBTQ+ allies showed up at the Board of Education’s meeting to support Peet Junior High’s GSA Difference. More than 100 allies attended the meeting, filing...
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Our View | ‘Joker’ paints disturbing picture of failing to address mental health
Did the “Joker” shed too much light on the negative side of how society fails to address mental health? Yes, and that’s why it’s so...
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Fall Fun | New pumpkin patch offers seasonal fun for friends, family
Those who drive into town on highway 57 usually see plain old land and broken down sheds. That has all changed this fall and Halloween...
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‘Legend’ kicks off trilogy based on ‘Les Miserables’
“Legend” is the first book in a trilogy written by Mary Lu and published in 2011. This dystopian young adult novel is Lu’s retelling of...
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Swedish backpack building growing fan base
It’s easy to imagine that the Swedes are scratching their heads wondering how the Fjallraven Kanken backpack has become so popular when it has been...
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Our View | King should not be punished for youthful internet actions
Should Carson King be judged for his past actions as a teenager? We don’t think so. This all started when College Gameday came to Ames,...
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Fall Festival arrives for Cedar Valley Arboretum
It’s Fall Festival at Cedar Valley Arboretum. Scarecrows are set up to welcome all the visitors for fall. During these four weeks of Fall Fest, on average, 1,500 people...
