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7/23 column: Get on board with North Liberty bus plan
Hop on the bus, North Liberty! That was my first thought when I saw recent survey results that showed most North Libertarians who responded said they would use public transit if they had the chance. E… more →
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7/23 column: Get on board with North Liberty bus plan
hemmingsen wrote 4 months ago: Hop on the bus, North Liberty! That was my first thought when I saw recent survey results that showe … more →
7/18 column: A new attitude about alcohol?
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hemmingsen wrote 4 months ago: I’ve done my share of griping about alcohol abuse in Iowa City. But I’m feeling optimistic after spe … more →
7/15 column: Building relationships can help abuse victims
hemmingsen wrote 4 months ago: We all should be concerned when social and cultural barriers discourage a victim from reporting phys … more →
7/8 column: make healthy lunches a priority
hemmingsen wrote 4 months ago: Eight weeks after planting our victory garden, we are happily munching the fruits of our labors. Oh, … more →
7/1 column: give chickens a chance
hemmingsen wrote 4 months ago: Is Iowa City going to join the growing ranks of urban chicken communities? Early signs are favorable … more →
6/27 column: Town still looking to Thomas for guidance
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: Across the country, hearts went out this week to the people of Parkersburg who lost a community lead … more →
6/24 column: Payday loan alternative needed here
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: Payday lenders promise a quick fix for a cash emergency. But those short-term, high-interest loans a … more →
6/20 column: Country takes good with bad
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: Not to put down other towns, whose Fourth of July fireworks are really very nice. Whose cookouts and … more →
6/17 column: In honor of Social Security
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: IOWA CITY — In some ways, the scene Sunday at a Lower City Park shelter was like any typical r … more →
6/13 column: Hate speech matters
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: James von Brunn’s apparent murder of Stephen Tyrone Johns, a guard at U.S. Holocaust Memorial … more →
6/10 column: Fading memories of flood
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: A year later, it seems impossible we ever might forget the relentless water. The fear and uncertaint … more →
6/6 Column: System for dependent adults still needs care
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: Late last month, Gov. Chet Culver signed into law legislation to help protect Iowa’s vulnerabl … more →
6/3 column: Neighborhood offers more than crime
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hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: “Aren’t you scared?” people ask Terry Bilsland when they learn he lives in Welling … more →
5/30 column: Health care reform can't wait
hemmingsen wrote 5 months ago: It’s hard enough to make sense of your statement of benefits, let alone the tangle of ineffici … more →
5/27 column: End cycling horrors
hemmingsen wrote 6 months ago: I was more sitting duck than cyclist, waiting to make a left-hand turn when the driver gunned past o … more →
5/23 column: Veterans’ dedication endures
hemmingsen wrote 6 months ago: BROOKLYN, Iowa — Every May, Brooklyn’s Civil War veterans would gather at the school. They’d march t … more →
5/20 column: Wisdom for the graduate
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hemmingsen wrote 6 months ago: Well, it’s graduation season, a time when platitudes flow as plentifully as punch and pillow m … more →
5/16 Column: Lots of help, little direction
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hemmingsen wrote 6 months ago: When we got to the Waypoint Madge Phillips Center on Tuesday, we found a garage overrun with donatio … more →
5/13 Column: Getting in the bike habit
hemmingsen wrote 6 months ago: First thing Monday morning, I pulled my old blue bike off the hooks in the garage, dusted her off an … more →
