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Articles Tagged: Madison County

Iowa’s great cancer mystery: Is the land making young people sick?

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Dan Keating, Jahi Chikwendiu and Luis Melgar, - The Washington Post

Health Care and Medicine Oct. 28, 2025 7:26 am18d ago

Cancer rates among young adults in the Corn Belt, a patchwork of golden fields and straight-line highways stretching across the heart of the Midwest, are rising more rapidly than in the country as a whole, a Washington Post data analysis reveals.

Time Machine: Podunk Center

Diane Fannon-Langton

History Jun. 17, 2025 7:28 am151d ago

The unincorporated town of Podunk Center dates to 1934.

Look no further: here’s your ultimate guide to Eastern Iowa summer festivals, fairs and celebrations.

Katie Mills Giorgio

Things To Do May. 15, 2025 2:18 pm184d ago

From flower festivals and patriotic parades to county fairs and hot air balloons taking to the skies, there is so much to do, see and celebrate around Eastern Iowa in the coming months.