A Latino author from Iowa City is publishing a book of short stories about a boy who’s coming of age in a blue-collar, predominately white Midwestern town in the late 1960s. Mario Duarte, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, says the main character’s experiences are largely based on his own life, and the book […]
New exhibit opens in West Branch to honor the Hoovers’ 150th birthdays
This year marks what would’ve been the 150th birthdays of both President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou, and a special