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Dale Alison stands near the rai...r. KC McGinnis for The Atlantic

Dale Alison stands near the railyard behind the office of the Burlington Hawk Eye in Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, August 14, 2021. Alison was a veteran staffer and editor at the Hawk Eye, Iowa's oldest newspaper, until he was let go shortly after the hedge fund GateHouse bought the paper. KC McGinnis for The Atlantic

Dale Alison stands near a deliv...r. KC McGinnis for The Atlantic

Dale Alison stands near a delivery station at the office of the Burlington Hawk Eye in Burlington, Iowa on Saturday, August 14, 2021. Alison was a veteran staffer and editor at the Hawk Eye, Iowa's oldest newspaper, until he was let go shortly after the hedge fund GateHouse bought the paper. KC McGinnis for The Atlantic

Yotopia owner Veronica Tessler ...SMFROYO Iowa City United States

Yotopia owner Veronica Tessler eats a cup of frozen yogurt at Yotopia in Iowa City, Iowa on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Since opening the frozen yogurt shop in 2011, Tessler has built a loyal customer base in the college town. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Wall Street Journal SMFROYO Iowa City United States

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 11, ...McGinnis for The New York Times

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 11, 2018: Missionary Emma Patterson sits in the lobby on New Life in Christ Church of God in Christ in Sioux City, Iowa. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The New York Times

AMES, IOWA - JANUARY 15, 2020: ...McGinnis for The New York Times

AMES, IOWA - JANUARY 15, 2020: Ryan Hurley, a member of the Iowa State University College Republicans, sits on his bed in his dorm room at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Iowa State has banned chalk messaging on the school's sidewalks, a ban that Hurley opposes. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The New York Times

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 6, 2...McGinnis for The New York Times

SIOUX CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 6, 2019: Justy Joseph sits on the bed in his room at the Sioux City Hotel & Conference Center in Sioux City, Iowa before a meeting for local Micronesian workers at the hotel on Sunday, October 6, 2019. Several Micronesian workers like Joseph have lived at the hotel while they await permanent housing, sometimes for months at a time. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The New York Times

Bill "Ubuntu" Frasier...21, 2017. KC McGinnis / For RNA

Bill "Ubuntu" Frasier, an Eclectic Free Spirit of St. Charles County, Missouri, watches the sun with his dog Odie during the Oak Spirit Sanctuary Solar Eclipse Celebration at Oak Spirit Sanctuary in Boonville, Missouri on Monday, August 21, 2017. KC McGinnis / For RNA

Hamburg Inn owner Michael Lee e.... KC McGinnis for Buzzfeed News

Hamburg Inn owner Michael Lee eats egg drop soup prepared by one of the cooks at Hamburg Inn in Iowa City, Iowa on Tuesday, August 20, 2019. KC McGinnis for Buzzfeed News

IOWA CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 27, 2...Monocle Iowa City United States

IOWA CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 27, 2023: at the office of Little Village magazine in Iowa City, Iowa on Friday, October 27, 2023. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for Monocle IOWA CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 27, 2023: at Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City, Iowa on Friday, October 27, 2023. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for Monocle IOWA CITY, IOWA - OCTOBER 27, 2023: at Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa on Friday, October 27, 2023. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for Monocle Iowa City United States

Fairfield mayor Ed Malloy poses... McGinnis for Politico Magazine

Fairfield mayor Ed Malloy poses for a portrait in his office at City Hall in Fairfield, Iowa on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Malloy has previously moderated discussions with 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, and like many Fairfield residents is a practitioner of transcendental meditation, but has yet to give a public endorsement leading up to the Iowa caucus. KC McGinnis for Politico Magazine

Des Moines Register politics ed... 2019. KC McGinnis for Politico

Des Moines Register politics editor Rachel Stassen-Berger and chief politics reporter Brianne Pfannestiel pose for a photo at the Register office in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. KC McGinnis for Politico

DES MOINES, IA - JULY 22: Ben G...Ginnis for The Washington Post)

DES MOINES, IA - JULY 22: Ben Godar, Director of Des Moines Film, poses for a portrait in the lobby of the Varsity Theater in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Godar took over the historic Des Moines theater, which had been operated by a single family since the 1950s, and plans to make $3 million in renovations over the next year. (Photo by KC McGinnis for The Washington Post)

Rachel Riley sits on her bed in...9, 2020. KC McGinnis for Stern.

Rachel Riley sits on her bed in her room at her family's home in Winterset, Iowa on Sunday, January 19, 2020. KC McGinnis for Stern.

MARSHALLTOWN, IA - DECEMBER 5: ...Ginnis/For The Washington Post)

MARSHALLTOWN, IA - DECEMBER 5: Sister Christine Feagan poses in Saint Mary Catholic Church in Marshalltown, Iowa on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. A review by The Post of Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitakerâ€™s statements and actions as US Attorney for the southern district of Iowa from 2004 to 2009 found that Whitaker claimed credit for initiating a six-state raid in 2006 that was designed to be on the largest such crackdowns at the time. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)

BLANDING, UTAH - OCTOBER 27, 20...McGinnis for The New York Times

BLANDING, UTAH - OCTOBER 27, 2017: Sisters Louise Jensen and Irene Clah sit on a rock along a reservoir near Bears Ears National Monument land outside Blanding, Utah on Friday, October 27, 2017. Jensen and Clah, Navajo people who grew up in the area, expressed doubts that Bears Ears' monument status will protect their way of life, instead showing concern that the monument's popularity with tourists may cause greater interference with the land. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The New York Times

Ken Chawkin poses for a portrai... McGinnis for Politico Magazine

Ken Chawkin poses for a portrait on the Maharishi University of Management campus in Fairfield, Iowa on Saturday, September 21, 2019. KC McGinnis for Politico Magazine

Managing Editor Sarah Scull sit...is for La Croix L'Hebdo

Managing Editor Sarah Scull sits in the office of the Creston News Advertiser in Creston, Iowa on Friday, December 13, 2019. KC McGinnis for La Croix L'Hebdo

SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH - OCTOBER...McGinnis for The New York Times

SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH - OCTOBER 29, 2017: Cynthia Wilson holds her eight-month-old nephew Eusshaw Myerson at her family's home at the foot of Eagle Mesa in Navajo Nation in San Juan County, Utah on Sunday, October 29, 2017. Wilson and her family observe a spiritual lack of distinction between the living, their ancestors and the land that informs their support for Bears Ears' National Monument status. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The New York Times

Mike Draper, founder and owner ... 30, 2020. KC McGinnis for Inc.

Mike Draper, founder and owner of Raygun, poses in his store and workshop in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, January 30, 2020. KC McGinnis for Inc.

AMES, IOWA - APRIL 20, 2024: Ji...The Guardian Ames United States

AMES, IOWA - APRIL 20, 2024: Jim Gregory poses for a portrait with his pedal-powered work station at his home in Ames, Iowa on Thursday, April 25, 2024. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Guardian Ames United States

Henry Ruhl sits in the kitchen ...Health News Perry United States

Henry Ruhl sits in the kitchen of his home in Perry, Iowa on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. A few weeks after Frances Ruhl's death, the family received a letter saying her estate owed Medicaid $226,611.35. Her husband, Henry Ruhl, and daughter, Jen Coghlan, say they had no idea the state would try to recover money it spent on care Frances received in her home after she developed dementia. Because she has a surviving spouse, the collection will be delayed until Henry Ruhl dies. But then a private contractor working for the state would go after his estate. Henry Ruhl’s main asset is an 832-square-foot house in Perry. The county assessor values it at $81,470. He and Frances bought it in the 1960s for $8,000, and they raised three children there. He planned to leave it to Coghlan, but she likely will have to sell it to pay the Medicaid bill. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for Kaiser Health News Perry United States

FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: Chuck ...Ginnis/For The Washington Post)

FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: Chuck Curtis prepares to light a firework on the street in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)

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