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

more than the property is worth.”

I drove into town to the Madrid Bank branch to get the cash for the county property records.

The lobby was warm and smelled of floor wax.

“Just eighty dollars today, Clara?” the teller, a young woman named Sarah, asked as she counted out the twenty-dollar bills.

“Yes, thank you,” I said.

On the corner of Sarah’s desk, right continue reading …