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Reminders of a simpler time

ESTHERVILLE — Iowa barns come in all shapes and sizes, colors and conditions — and Deanna Rohrer has taken photos of barns in all of these states and more. Rohrer, a retired Emmet County district conservationist from Estherville, said her interest in photographing barns began several years ago. Through her job working for the USDA — Natural Resources Conservation Service, she primarily worked with farmers and their land to keep their soil intact. “So when I was out and around the countryside, I would take pictures of barns,” she said. Her travels over the years have ...

Columns

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Thankful for each day

I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving. We all have a lot to be thankful for, that is for sure. Lately there seems to be a lot of troubling news on the nightly evening World News. Personally, it only makes me feel concerned for the future. During the children's sermon at our church ...

Editorials

Barns symbolize Iowa’s rich heritage

Iowa’s rural landscape has changed drastically as farming has become less labor intensive in the last century. There was a time when the countryside was filled with the assorted buildings needed in the farm economy. Today’s larger farms have far fewer structures. If there is one ...