Doesn't it just seem like one thing after another?

We're in the midst of a global pandemic, which has taken the lives of more than one thousand Iowans, and then we get hit by a derecho.

It's been a trying year for folks across Iowa. The challenges we're facing as a state, and a nation, are some of the toughest in a lifetime. But it's in these dark times that the light can shine through. I believe in Iowans. I've seen your grit and determination throughout this pandemic and as we start to recover from the devastating storms.

I was over in Grinnell last week visiting with some community leade...