Dexter Merschbrock

Jan 22, 2025 | bleedingheartland.com | Dexter Merschbrock |Randy Evans |Laura Belin |John Kearney

Dexter Merschbrock is a member of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 373 from Cedar Rapids, spouse to a public school teacher, former school board member, and father of three. He is originally from Fort Madison. As this year’s Iowa legislative session gets underway, supporters of public schools can expect little in the way of substantive policy to make things better for our state’s students and families.

Dec 6, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Dexter Merschbrock |Randy Evans |Kurt Meyer |Bernie Scolaro

Dexter Merschbrock is a member of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 373 from Cedar Rapids, spouse to a public school teacher, and father of three. He is originally from Fort Madison. The Iowa Democratic Party’s current state chair Rita Hart often talked in the last two years about the 90,000 Democrats in the state who turned out to vote in 2020, but didn’t turn out in the 2022 midterm elections.

Jun 16, 2023 | thegazette.com | Nicholas Johnson |Dexter Merschbrock |Norman Sherman |Erin Murphy

Staggering in its size and scope and impressive in its design and thoughtful attention to detail, Cedar Rapids’ flood control system is making progress as we mark the 15th anniversary of the flood of 2008 this week. The project is estimated at $750 million, although inflation may drive the total cost closer to $1 billion by the time it’s slated to be finished in 2035. So far, 30 percent of the system has been completed.

Jun 15, 2023 | thegazette.com | Clark Kauffman |Jami Martin-Trainor |Dexter Merschbrock |Norman Sherman

Pride month has long been a celebration of our beautiful LGBTQ+ community. It is a time of radical joy and exuberance, glitter and fashion, a moment to embrace the strength of our families and relationships. Pride is also a protest, a commemoration of a historic riot that was sparked by the violent policing of LGBTQ+ people; to this day, the month of Pride is also marked by escalated violence against our community. A beacon is also a target.