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Springsteen comparisons undeniable with country rocker Dan Colehour

Springsteen comparisons undeniable with country rocker Dan Colehour

The tracks “Father’s Son” and “The Likes of Us” are prayers delivered to the Midwest at seventy miles an hour out a rolled-down window, and the stripped-down acoustics of “My America” meander like the Mississippi as the narrator rediscovers a sense of belonging in the land.

Midwest flooding: the next Katrina?

Midwest flooding: the next Katrina?

With early damage estimates easily surpassing the billion dollar mark, many Midwesterners are questioning practices of the federal government that are widely seen as discriminating against small, agrarian communities in the fight against flooding.

“It’s huge” — Record attendance as Iowa caucuses shake up campaigns

At Des Moines Precinct 9, poll workers summed it up in simple terms: “It’s huge.”
For the Des Moines workers and the thousands like them working tirelessly across the state of Iowa, tonight’s Iowa caucuses - particularly for the Democrats - were unprecedented in scale. With 93.5% of precincts reporting, the Iowa State Democratic Party said [...]