From Red Earth Drive

...Iowa, small towns, and saddle shoes

Linking readers and professional writers who care about Iowa.

An award-winning Iowa journalist's observations on politics, current events, family and some random things, too.

A Substack about community for people who want to be better neighbors. Life in my small, rural, Iowa town is idyllic--and also really hard. I imagine the same can be said about wherever you live. Come join the conversation!

Where you get in-depth coverage and exclusive reporting about Iowa politics