The debut novel from a University of Iowa creative writing instructor has cracked the New York Times’ best-seller list and Kaveh Akbar will headline the Celebration of Literary Arts in the Des Moines metro today. The book “Martyr!” is fictional but follows the true-life 1988 American downing of an Iranian passenger jet that killed 290 […]
Rock Valley gets payment for some FEMA flood claims
The city of Rock Valley and the Rock Valley Community School District are receiving millions of dollars in FEMA reimbursements nearly
