April 01, 2016 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending the best. They’re not sending you, they’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems. They’re bringing drugs; they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and
Read More →Change of mind After all the letters to editor that have run in Cityview responding to my many letters to the editor over the years, I have had a change of thought. I have come to realize that I was wrong about Terry Branstad, Chuck Grassley, and maybe most
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March 23, 2016 by justin
in Cover Story
It was a conflict that started out small, in fits and starts. A league of nations that fell apart, in disarray as one after another member became embroiled and dropped out. A standoff between France and Britain on one side, and Germany on the other. For a time, a “sitzkrieg”
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Since Harrison Ford is making another Indiana Jones movie, Tom Hanks was looking into making a Turner and Hooch Sequel with Hooch’s grandson… Slobbernokins.” – Jim McCool Runners up: “Clem probably had a few too many
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March 23, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
A self-described conservative pro-life Catholic, State Sen. Rick Bertrand, R-Sioux City, says his views and political ideology on a host of defining issues largely reconcile with veteran U.S. Rep. Steve King’s. The trouble, Bertrand says, is that King, a Kiron Republican, is now a captive creature of the Washington think-tank power structure who has lost touch with rural Iowa, and more important, has shown limited skill and
Read More →Austin Lee Russell, 33, the TV celebrity simply known as “Chumlee” to most viewers of the cable show “Pawn Stars,” was arrested in Las Vegas on March 9 for felony weapon and drug charges. Officers allegedly found methamphetamine, marijuana and a gun at his home while serving a search warrant
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March 23, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
Let’s face it. Most of us have put our winter coats away and are refusing to use them again until election time — not that anyone’s running off to Canada… yet. So in that spirit, maybe it’s time to get out and run. The third annual Cold Run for Warm
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Obama was our glamour shot; Trump, our reflection
I am not a Donald Trump supporter. My newspapers endorsed Bernie Sanders and Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio. I also know my country is strong enough to survive any presidential administration, including his. At the same time, why are people, including members of the media and the
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