Madrid Iowa Orchard Owners Stand Against a Counterfeit Prophecy for Two Thousand Twenty Six

of her nose.

She had three different leather-bound county ledger books open in front of her, their pages yellowed and fragile.

“They are not waiting for the fifteenth, Clara,” Evelyn said, her voice a sharp whisper that echoed in the quiet basement. “Arthur called an emergency session of the city council for seven o’clock tonight.”

“The rezoning vote continue reading …