Editorials

This week’s editions of The Forum and Times-Tribune feature writeups from interviews with each of the local candidates in contested races on the Aug. 6 ballot. As we’ve stated previously, the August primary election carries extra weight locally because of the lack of Democrats on the general election ballot, and so we encourage all voters…

In quilting, there’s a type of quilt called a “crumb quilt.” If you stopped by the annual quilt show at the Nodaway County Fair last week, you saw one put together by Donna Wilmes. The designs within each square of a crumb quilt aren’t uniform; they’re all different shapes and different sizes, different colors and…

Although the November election fills us all, no matter our political beliefs, with barely restrained existential dread regardless of the outcome of the national elections, it’s the August primary elections that will have the greatest immediate impact locally. While certainly not a sign of a healthy, thriving democracy, it is nonetheless the reality that all…

Last week, our community mourned the loss of baby Bo Mozingo. There is no sense in a baby’s death, no possible reason that can make us feel as though there is even a semblance of fairness in the world when a tiny casket like Bo’s is lowered into the ground. But we try to find…

It’s hot and it’s humid, and that means it’s time for community celebrations like the Nodaway County Fair, the Hopkins Picnic, the Elmo Fourth of July, Allendale Rodeo and more as the calendar flips along. One of the best parts about being in the newspaper business is the chance to consider ourselves members of all…

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call this week for warning labels on social media platforms akin to those on cigarettes gives parents across the country and in northwest Missouri a touchstone to help them navigate a landscape that too often has no signposts. Parents of adolescent kids don’t need to be convinced that social media…

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain Dads wear ties less than ever these days, making…

When authorities began a search connected to missing Skidmore resident Branson Perry a few weeks ago, we immediately began collecting background information that we would need for our coverage. But what we found was that we didn’t have much. And it wasn’t just us. As anyone who has tried to learn more about the Perry…

Eighty years ago, more than 130,000 Allied soldiers began the invasion of Normandy and the unparalleled effort to liberate Europe. There is perhaps no prouder moment in the history of our nation than D-Day, when so many of our young men landed on a continent an ocean away to defeat an oppressive evil and free…

When Forum Managing Editor Skye Pournazari began her ambitious 12-part monthly series on scams back in January, some of us (OK, maybe just one or two — you know who you are!) were somewhat skeptical that there would be enough fresh material to cover each month. Unfortunately, it’s abundantly clear, five months in, that there…