Cedar Lake revival push seeks recreation and clean water
Community group Friends of Cedar Lake urges revitalization to improve water quality, expand fishing, paddling, and family recreation with docks, events, and education. The effort contrasts with oil interests and ethanol advocates, as State Sen. Bob Dvorsky notes renewable fuels support jobs and local economy while EPA policy seeks ethanol reductions.
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Cedar Lake
Department of Natural Resources
Gray’s Lake
Des Moines
Lake Calhoun
Minneapolis
United States
Iowa
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
RES
Iawa
RFS
Big Oil
Washington
Sand and salt ruin Cedar Rapids residential streets
Reader Vern Hunstad from Cedar Rapids laments heavy sand and salt on residential streets and questions why plowing isn’t more frequent. He urges more consistent clearing to address the mess.
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Cedar Rapids
Vern
Hunstad
Proposed U.N. treaties dangerous
The United Nations seeks several treaties in the U.S. Senate including a small arms pact seen as eroding the Second Amendment, a rights of the child framework empowering UN officials, Law of the Sea control by UN bureaucrats, a tax treaty estimated at 400 billion dollars, and an International Criminal Court to prosecute U.S. personnel. Citizens are urged to write to Iowa Senators Harkin and Grassley with their views.
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United Nations
U.S. Senate
U.N
U.S
U.n.’S
International Criminal Court
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Chuck Grassley
Express
State neglect of natural resources sparks letter writing
Howard Ashlock of Center Point voices alarm over loss of local wildlife and pollution. He aligns with Jim Walters on legislator inaction, criticizing the DNR for prioritizing cash‑driving projects like river kayaker access and campground amenities over protecting water, land, and air.
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Jim Walters
Iowa
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Howard Ashlock Center Point
Two Wolves in Our Culture and the Feeding War
In this reflection the author compares U.S culture to two wolves within each person. One is timid and gentle, the other aggressive and hungry. The side that thrives is the one fed by media and power, urging a call to share the food dish and seek peace. Rosemary Weydert Winthrop.
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Jules Renard
Rosemary Weydert Winthrop
Reform needed at Iowa Juvenile Home argues critic
Gordon Taylor of Anamosa writes that the Iowa Juvenile Home requires major overhaul not immediate closure. He argues for reorganizing the facility with local oversight, funding, and possible relocation of services, citing concerns about staffing, cost, and care quality while praising accountability efforts and noting controversial past reporting.
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Dean Fisher
Iowa
Disability Rights Iowa
Des Moines Register
Chris Campbell
Iowa Juvenile Home Protection Task Force
Fisher
Toledo
Iowa Department of Human Services
the Gazette
IJH Foundation
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