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Is your town your community, or simply where you live? (opens the original)
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Driving through small-town main streets, you can see the facades of once-thriving small businesses, grocery stores and newspapers that have shuttered. While rural towns once served as the ideal image of tight-knit communities, many have hollowed out since the 1980s farm crisis. No too long ago, these towns were self-sufficient, and could keep their local residents employed in the community. Local jobs and involvement with clubs and organizations also supported a strong sense of local belonging a
Loess Hills Hiking Guide maps Iowa’s underrated ecological treasure (opens the original)
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Seth Brooks grew up in Nebraska, not too far from the Loess Hills, and he was aware of the bluffs along the road driving on Interstate 29. But it wasn't until he moved back from overseas to the Midwest during the pandemic that he started experiencing them himself, going on hikes to get exercise instead of going to the gym. "I started going hiking a lot," Brooks said. "And then I found myself spending a lot of time trying to find out where to go." He submitted a proposal to produce a hiking guide
These Midwestern women made Mrs. Meyer a household name (opens the original)
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When Monica Nassif was working to bring her line of cleaning products to the mass market, she knew she would need a strong name and look to draw customers. "We were brainstorming about our own personal values. I grew up in Iowa. My mother was frugal, hardworking, earnest," Nassif said. "She really believes in saving Mother Nature, and we just said we should just name this after my mom." Nassif called her mom, Thelma Meyer, to ask about using her name from the brand, and Meyer's response was, "Wh
A new documentary from Iowa-connected director paints a portrait of Mary Oliver (opens the original)
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A new documentary from an Iowa-connected director provides an intimate look at the life of the late poet Mary Oliver. In 2007, Oliver was declared the best-selling poet in the United States by the New York Times. Her writing on the beauty and wonder of the natural world touched millions of readers. But she was also reserved in sharing her personal life and was at times regarded as a hermit. The new documentary, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, takes viewers into Oliver’s world thro
Meet some of the most decorated state fair competitors (opens the original)
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There are hundreds of competitive categories that Iowans can enter each year at the Iowa State Fair in the hopes of taking home a blue ribbon. On Talk of Iowa, we spoke to three of the winning-est Iowans. Deb Zeitler had never considered taking up weaving until her husband signed the couple up for a class. He hated it and never wanted to weave again, but Deb fell in love with the process. “I think it’s the texture and the colors, you can make something practical,” Deb said. She enjoyed the math
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