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2 days ago | mississippivalleypublishing.com | Dick Polman

No doubt you’ve noticed the MAGA regime is infested with incompetent dolts who couldn’t run a lemonade stand – people who are, in the immortal words of Charles Dickens, “dumb as a drum with a hole in it.”And you’re probably wondering how this could possibly have happened in an allegedly advanced western nation. In some celestial realm, Alexander Hamilton is wondering as well.

3 days ago | mississippivalleypublishing.com | Diana Nollen

A swing and a miss in 2016 sent the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra back to its Ottumwa dugout to hatch a new game plan. It seems a Masterworks concert was no match for the Chicago Cubs playing in the World Series finale. So a father-son duo on the orchestra’s Ottumwa Chapter board pitched a new program that would evolve into the annual Ruth P.

6 days ago | mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm

Joseph Myers, Transitions Divine Mercy of Christ shelter director, said the organization is turning its sights to assist one of the community’s most vulnerable homeless populations – unaccompanied minors. At a homelessness town hall meeting Tuesday at the Burlington Public Library, Myers said there are many youths on the streets in Burlington, aged 13-17, who find a place to get some rest at night that is not safe and appropriate.

6 days ago | mississippivalleypublishing.com | Tracey Lamm

Collaboration was the buzz word Friday when the mayors of Burlington, West Burlington, and Mediapolis met with Des Moines County Board of Supervisors vice-chairman Shane McCampbell and Iowa State Representative Matt Rinker at a public forum hosted by the Greater Burlington Partnership Friday morning. The over-arching theme was how the governmental bodies can work together to provide services to the communities they serve. “I would like to see more 28E agreements and more shared services.

6 days ago | mississippivalleypublishing.com | Angie Holland

WEST DES MOINES — The Iowa housing market showed clear signs of spring and its transitional increases in activity in March. While economic uncertainty resulted in fluctuations of many markets, the housing market across the state proved that buyers and sellers remain optimistic and ready for their next move. “Despite economic uncertainty and shifting market dynamics throughout the state, overall Iowa’s housing market through March is showing continued signs of a strong spring in real estate.