Editor's blog

You are here:

You are here

Home / Blogs / Editor's blog

Is Roby Smith in political trouble, or do Republicans have virtually unlimited campaign dollars?

on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 19:27   by Editor

Is Roby Smith in political trouble, or do Republicans just have unlimited campaign dollars?

Judging from the mammoth amount of money incumbent State Senator Roby Smith has raised and spent on this year's election, either state Republican strategists think he's in trouble or the party of fiscal conservatism has few concerns when the spending helps retain its Senate majority in Des Moines.

A news release we'd like to get someday from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources

on Thu, 11/09/2017 - 00:39   by Editor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 8, 2019

Iowa DNR investigating discharge and likely fish kill in Gulf of Mexico

RACCOON RIVER WATERSHED – A pipe draining water from a corn field about five miles southeast of Adel in Butler County sent Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) staff to the farm Saturday to investigate.

And then there was only one. . .

on Fri, 06/30/2017 - 19:29   by Editor

The news surprised no one in the Quad Cities news business.

The Dispatch-Argus succumbed to the same malady facing newspapers from coast to coast: falling subscribers, Googlizing of news into an everywhere commodity, double digit declines in display advertising, and loss of classified advertising to Craigslist and dozens of other online marketplaces.

The biggest question was why it took Lee Enterprises (with its competing Quad City Times) so long to gobble up its rival.

City places high priority on new $1.15 million Devils Glen Road bridge over Spencer Creek

on Thu, 03/12/2015 - 01:33   by Editor

Most Bettendorf residents have never driven along Devils Glen Road, north of Interstate 80, where it crosses Spencer Creek.

Take the broadband quiz and win a cupie doll

on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 22:07   by Editor

What's with all the political hot air about broadband service in Iowa?

Even before President Obama visited Cedar Falls to talk about lack of competition among providers of broadband service, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and state legislators were pointing to expanding broadband to rural areas as an important issue to tackle in this year's legislative session.

Never mind that no one agrees on what "broadband" means. 

So in the interest of educating voters above age 25, here is today's "broadband" quiz:

Subscribe to RSS - Editor's blog
Go to top