You work at that place? What shift? I get in there kinda regular, my mother and aunt are out there alot, if you know an older lady and her blind sister, you know my mother and aunt... I'm sure you get to hear a lot with the troopers and local cops coming in ther all the time. Back when it used to be 24 hour service at the restaurant, the Marengo cops would leave town about 2:30 A.M., so we were free to do whatever we wanted for a few hours... hmmm, don't have any idea how those burnout marks got on that sidewalk....
I know what you mean about the news there Rob, Cedar Rapids doesen't care much about south of Iowa City, Des Moines doesn't care about much out of town, KTVO might have said something, but Kirksville and Ottumwa are it's main, and Keokuk barely rates a mention most of the time... The nice thing about backroads is less traffic, so if you're paying attention, you have an out at most times, where in heavy traffic, you escape routes are not as readily available.