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Bankrupt in the Richest Nation, Farmers Rampage in Plymouth County

By Adam Burke 4/27/08

“What was going on was mortgage closings just the same as going on today …”
Seventy-five years ago, corn was fetching less than 10 cents a bushel and pork was at three cents a pound. A migrant class of American workers was being created. These were the desperate times of the 1930s known as the Great [...]

Denison Arts Festival Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of ‘Donna Reed Show’

By Douglas Burns 4/22/08

DENISON — With a more targeted focus on Midwestern students than in past years, the Donna Reed Performing Arts Festival is scheduled from June 16 to June 21 in Denison.

Video: Know Your Rights: An Iowa Labor Forum (In Spanish)

By Douglas Burns 2/4/08

DENISON — In accordance with its mission, “to educate and orient to the latin american community of the northwest of Iowa,”  La Prensa, a western Iowa Spanish-language newspaper, recently held a forum  LABOR COMPENSACION  AND PERSONNELS.INJURIES.  Jamie Byrne, bilingual lawyer with Max Schott & Associates in Des Moines and specialist in laws and rights of [...]

In Denison’s Hispanic community, Obama shows strength

By Douglas Burns 1/3/08

DENISON — Lorena L

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