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'Very ignorant people' cheerleading demise of family farms in Trump-supporting reaches of rural America
Fox News' Gutfeld, his national panelists, mock small-town Iowa House candidate's weight, calling him 'Benjamin Broken Buttons' amid a…
 • Douglas Burns
10 takeaways from Trump's 'America 250' speech in Des Moines on Fourth Of July eve
 • Douglas Burns
With alarm-clock urgency and breathtaking clarity, Art Cullen's new book tells us the rent is due for Iowa, the nation, and democracy itself
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Donald Trump’s desecrating insult of Rob Reiner is no match to message of grace in one of actor’s greatest moments, a healing 1976 Christmas…
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Shot by police in a park, homeless immigrant in Denison died wearing a friend's clothes
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Lessons I’m taking with me from 2025
By MARIA TORRES
Retiring at 42, officer says Coast Guard doubling in size, recruiting more Midwesterners
Iowa native projects growth in what's now smallest branch of military
 • Douglas Burns
Lake View, Iowa police chief’s Facebook posts use jokes, real-world humor, to draw 1,000s of views
How law enforcement in a small Iowa town uses social media, emerging artificial intelligence to connect with residents, build a growing following online
Fox News' Gutfeld, his national panelists, mock small-town Iowa House candidate's weight, calling him 'Benjamin Broken Buttons' amid a…
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and his orbiting panelists relentlessly mocked the weight of a Dunlap, Iowa Democrat, a rural middle- and high school band…
 • Douglas Burns
Donald Trump’s desecrating insult of Rob Reiner is no match to message of grace in one of actor’s greatest moments, a healing 1976 Christmas…
Donald Trump’s ugliness hit grave-desecrating lows with the inhuman lies the president leveled at the late actor-director Rob Reiner in the hours after…
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Farmerless farms are on the horizon
Robotics – the last nail in rural America’s coffin
Nik and Doug's America: A deep dive into The Seven Times media platform and the successful Black-owned businesses it elevates
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Fourth-generation Iowa journalist dives deep with unpredictable, well-reported writing on rural America's people, politics and culture.
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