
Ready Seth Go
Seth Boyes joined the Dickinson County News staff in March of 2017. In his first week at the DCN, he covered a train derailment near Graettinger. The tankers carrying ethanol burst into flames. Seth's photo of the event won first place for Best Breaking News photo at the 2018 Iowa Newspaper Association Convention and Trade Show. Since, Seth has won nearly a dozen awards for writing, photography and multimedia content. Seth graduated from Iowa State University in 2009 with a degree in Integrated Studio Arts. His original cartoons run regularly in the Spencer Daily Reporter and the DCN. Both he and his wife Janet hail from Clear Lake and have come to expect summers to be full of the hustle and bustle of tourists and visitors.
Archives
- Staying silent after the Capitol riot is cowardly (1/12/21)
- Liberty now (1/7/21)
- Christmas carols call voices from the past (12/29/20)
- Election fraud claims aren't all that new (12/14/20)
- Toothless proclamation (12/1/20)
- A first timer's turkey day (12/1/20)
- Mercury rising (11/19/20)
- Stopping COVID-19 has always been the right thing to do, Iowa. (11/17/20)
- Light at the end of the tunnel (11/13/20)
- Stuffed full (11/3/20)
- Working together to smooth stones (10/26/20)
- Tripping the trap (9/2/20)
- Community effort can keep schools open during pandemic (8/31/20)
- Al derecho (8/13/20)
- The mighty pen (8/10/20)
- 'Thanks for introducing us' (7/10/20)
- 'We don't need no nanny state' (7/8/20)
- Why we bleed (6/9/20)
- Dandelion (6/5/20)
- A free press (still) isn't free: Little, red writing good rides again (5/22/20)
- Viral rock and an economic hard place (5/8/20)
- When in Okoboji, do as the Okobojians do (5/7/20)
- Class of 2020 (4/21/20)
- Supporting businesses now will benefit buyers later (4/16/20)
- Cover up (4/7/20)
- Helping gives others hope through crises (4/3/20)
- Communities need to be brave in the face of an outbreak (3/31/20)
- Signs of spring (3/25/20)
- History on our heels (3/20/20)
- A paper’s purpose in times of need (3/14/20)
- The caucus and the hare (3/4/20)
- Pete and repeat (2/25/20)
- It's never too late (2/24/20)
- Civility pushes us toward broader perspectives (2/13/20)
- Pete 'n' Bernie (2/12/20)
- Waiting is the hardest part (2/5/20)
- We don't have to be afraid of cameras at the caucuses (2/4/20)
- So we might remember (1/24/20)
- Chewing gum and pointing fingers (1/17/20)
- Let's not stand in the way of youthful changes (12/27/19)
- A good example (12/9/19)
- Hidden connections (12/7/19)
- -1 (12/6/19)
- My friend and her turkey (12/3/19)
- A bit about how it’s done (11/24/19)
- Shouting match (11/15/19)
- Shipwrecked (11/13/19)
- Righting a sinking mental health ship (11/8/19)
- Rockwell my socks off (11/1/19)
- A lunch break take on Poe (10/28/19)
- Healing and help through stories of grief and hope (10/21/19)
- 'In the bin' (10/18/19)
- Same old thing (9/24/19)
- An end to the season (9/17/19)
- Trouble with a capitol T, that rhymes with V... (9/13/19)
- Remembered (9/9/19)
- Truth vs. Ego (9/9/19)
- Handling criticism (8/29/19)
- Alas, poor farmer (8/27/19)
- Gifts from the earth and signs of life (8/16/19)
- How many times... (8/8/19)
- Little, red writing good and the case of the far-flung photo (8/2/19)
- Falling for the fake in a real world (7/29/19)
- He'll be hoppin' along (7/22/19)
- The greater burden (7/19/19)
- Symbiosis and invasive species (7/9/19)
- Suffer the little children (6/27/19)
- Destroying Columbine would be a waste of potenital (6/7/19)
- Leeky pool (6/3/19)
- A mouse, an elephant and a job (5/31/19)
- The broken cookie jar (5/29/19)
- The jackets in our closet (5/19/19)
- The danger of the little, red X and free comic books (4/26/19)
- Easter teaches a life-long lesson (4/20/19)
- Fragile services (4/16/19)
- A big o'l bag of well-being (4/12/19)
- Winter is coming ... again (4/9/19)
- The Biden paradox (4/5/19)
- Walking the highwire of free speech (3/29/19)
- Slow going (3/25/19)
- A sea of local content (3/25/19)
- What I've learned of hope (3/23/19)
- Community-focused cash drawers (3/16/19)
- Fragile Peace (3/1/19)
- Educators are not options (2/28/19)
- Knee high, tree high (2/21/19)
- The fourth's use of The First (2/18/19)
- Remembering St. Valentine (2/15/19)
- A couple of Valentines (2/14/19)
- Building a better newspaper (2/7/19)
- 'The many benefits of corn' (2/4/19)
- The walls of Jericho (2/1/19)
- Stone-faced (1/29/19)
- Warm memories cover all (1/24/19)
- Not a well or a church door (1/21/19)
- A plague on both our houses (1/18/19)
- Conflation, confusion and some flip flops (1/12/19)
- Courting the elephant (1/11/19)
- We'll let you know (1/9/19)
- A journey through tomorrow's mist (1/5/19)
- It's cold and shutdown season (12/27/18)
- Peering through the windows of the soul (12/21/18)
- An icon of Iowan character (12/18/18)
- Don't wanna be an American internet (12/14/18)
- American Farm Bill (12/14/18)
- Passing the torch (12/12/18)
- Baby, it's time to move on (12/7/18)
- Clash of causes (12/6/18)
- 'All things are connected' (12/1/18)
- A knock at the door (11/21/18)
- New whip in Wills (11/16/18)
- The legacy of Smilin' Stan (11/14/18)
- My accidental Veterans Day insult (11/12/18)
- Get back on the horse (11/10/18)
- Somewhere in the middle (11/9/18)
- Power of the people (11/3/18)
- Check mate (11/2/18)
- The tally machine (10/24/18)
- Memes for the betterment of humans (10/19/18)
- Spooky alarms and seasonal snooze buttons (10/13/18)
- Straight-ticket (10/11/18)
- Submerged (10/8/18)
- Aftershocks or eagle's wings (10/6/18)
- The rock, the hard place and the octopus (9/28/18)
- He said, she said (9/19/18)
- Hunger pangs (9/14/18)
- Delaying justice (9/7/18)
- Believe (9/6/18)
- Good fellas (8/31/18)
- The halves and the halve nots (8/30/18)
- Evil knows no borders (8/23/18)
- Enough, Mr. Schumer. (8/17/18)
- Fleischer's false equivalent (8/17/18)
- Pondering infinite purpose (8/12/18)
- Math is fun (8/2/18)
- Nothing to write home about (7/29/18)
- Spill at Lake (7/26/18)
- Kinetic journalism (7/20/18)
- When in Rome (7/13/18)
- What's in a name? (7/8/18)
- Highlighted Hypocrisy (7/3/18)
- Retro designs for a new future (6/29/18)
- An issue of scale (6/28/18)
- Jungles (6/26/18)
- Gerhardt and the wall (6/20/18)
- The benefits of a broken downspout (6/14/18)
- So long Vid (6/5/18)
- My Muslim-made wedding cake (6/4/18)
- It's not the 90s. The internet remembers all. (6/1/18)
- Advertisers of peace (5/26/18)
- IWILL, I promise (5/24/18)
- Melding good from bad (5/18/18)
- Crossroads and rearview mirrors (5/11/18)
- Apples to Apple (5/10/18)
- Senate File 359 (5/4/18)
- Prairie gems shine bright (5/4/18)
- Past and present (4/30/18)
- The well is far from dry (4/29/18)
- Stuck in the middle (4/20/18)
- Sure, six more weeks (4/13/18)
- Stone digits (4/13/18)
- Soft targets (4/10/18)
- Like father, like son (4/4/18)
- Another hope (4/2/18)
- Loathsome honey (3/30/18)
- Bond, School Bond. (3/23/18)
- To fill the breach (3/22/18)
- March Madness (3/16/18)
- Eagles on the horizon (3/9/18)
- The march of time (3/4/18)
- Solutions are rarely so simple (2/23/18)
- Our common response (2/16/18)
- Read between the lines (2/12/18)
- Parades and precedents (2/9/18)
- Look out below (2/9/18)
- Super blue-blood moon (2/6/18)
- 'We choose both' (2/1/18)
- The burning of the jeans (1/25/18)
- Hope for the patch-work creation (1/19/18)
- Where's the Wall Though? (1/18/18)1
- Are you sure you want to shut down? (1/17/18)
- Be seeing you (hopefully) (1/12/18)
- Everybody gets a new bill! (1/12/18)
- A White House Divided (1/5/18)
- The Nuclear Option (1/4/18)
- Don't fear the reaper (1/2/18)
- Quest for a coin (12/28/17)
- Jift Exchange (12/22/17)
- Retiring the red flag (12/22/17)
- Ask not for whom the Dell trolls (12/15/17)
- East Loch Estates monster (12/13/17)
- Whoa there, partner! (12/11/17)
- The yeast of our worries (12/8/17)1
- The domino effect (12/4/17)
- In diurnarii veritas (12/1/17)
- The wave (11/30/17)
- The power of music (11/29/17)
- Green Cards or Scram (11/29/17)
- Coming and going (11/24/17)
- Angry Dogs (11/22/17)
- The bright side (11/14/17)
- 365 days later (11/6/17)
- Snakes and geese (11/3/17)
- Mulch ado about nothing (11/1/17)
- Be it peace or be it war (10/23/17)
- Purple-tinted memories (10/20/17)
- The Usual Suspects (10/19/17)
- The Most Dangerous Game (10/18/17)
- Justice for all (10/17/17)
- On the winds of autumn (10/6/17)
- The natural solution (10/3/17)
- In other news... (9/28/17)
- Dear valued customer (9/22/17)
- Fast lessons (9/15/17)
- Prints in the sand (9/12/17)
- The Spirit of Radio (9/12/17)
- Sitting on the DACA debate (9/8/17)
- For want of a cracker (8/21/17)
- Park it (8/18/17)
- Share and share a like (8/16/17)
- Harvest Time (8/16/17)
- Now Hiring (8/1/17)
- 'Death doesn’t discriminate' (7/27/17)
- Let's push up that interview (7/25/17)
- Words with the walrus (7/21/17)
- Transparent as a brick wall (7/18/17)
- Aww, SNAP! (7/15/17)
- Seth's Soapbox (7/7/17)
- Traffic (7/3/17)
- A state of being (6/30/17)
- Flat Line (6/30/17)
- Beyond sight (6/23/17)
- Pointing the trigger finger (6/20/17)
- A difficult proposition (6/16/17)
- Equal partners (6/9/17)
- Trump the tank engine (6/6/17)
- Of Paris and the future (6/2/17)
- Heads, you lose (6/1/17)
- Tommy Get Your Lt. Governor (5/23/17)
- Freeze Frame (5/23/17)
- Them’s the rules (5/23/17)
- You're Fired (5/15/17)
- The farmer and the fisherman should be friends (5/9/17)
- I’m not an Iowan (5/9/17)1
- The one-two punch (5/3/17)
- Branstad and Xi (5/2/17)
- Analyzing the divide (5/2/17)
- Stop all the dancing (4/18/17)
- The give and take of offenses (4/12/17)
- Got me again (4/7/17)
- The persistence of memory (3/31/17)
- It’s a sign of the times (3/24/17)