Storm Lake Times

2 days ago | stormlake.com | Alan Guebert

For U.S. farmers and ranchers, Thursday, May 22, was right out of a Dickens novel: It was the best of days and the worst of days. Early — and I do mean cow-milking early — that morning, the U.S. House of Representatives teed up a vote to pass the tax-cutting, deficit-exploding 1,000-page bill favored by GOP leaders and the Trump White House. Despite two Republican members sleeping through the actual vote, the bill squeaked by in a 215-214 count.

5 days ago | stormlake.com | Rob Sand

In April, I met Nancy, a parent of a disabled child enrolled in Medicaid. With tears in her eyes, Nancy shared her story with me of her family being forced to deal with roadblocks and red tape to access the care her son is entitled to and eligible for, her son’s unexpected seizures, and driving over three hours to Franklin county for a town hall with her representatives and their staff, who wouldn’t even look at her or her son.

1 week ago | stormlake.com | Art Cullen

Unless the senate steps in and imposes order, Congress is on track to cleave the coalition that has supported the farm bill and permanently weaken the crop safety net. The Big, Bad Bill passed the House by one vote in the dead of night, and was passed over to the Senate. It will gut spending on nutrition and conservation programs while beefing up commodity producer protections and tax credits that prop up the agrochemical complex.

1 week ago | stormlake.com | Dolores M. Cullen

Dayne Crouch, a 2018 graduate of Storm Lake High School, will represent the third generation of this family to practice optometry. Upon receiving his doctorate May 17 from the Illinois College …

1 week ago | stormlake.com | Tom Cullen

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