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

months of unpaid rent and a garage full of broken furniture.”

I drove a staple into the tar paper on the hive roof with a sharp, echoing crack. “He always did run when the numbers stopped adding up.”

“The state investigators are staying at the motel on the highway,” Evelyn added, pointing toward the south road where the telephone poles lined the horizon.continue reading …