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.

Another hope

Posted Monday, April 2, 2018, at 5:13 PM

The Star Wars fan in me couldn't call this one "A New Hope," being as the scene was in "The Empire Strikes Back." Our own Rep. Steve King got on Mark Hamill's radar the other day, and Hamill voiced his support for one of King's opponents via Twitter. In recent history, it's been hard to dethrone Mr. King. The voting population of District 4 don't seem to want a change in their representation. That said, while Vader's words were true, it was Luke who ultimately brought him back from the dark side. So we'll see how this election goes. There may be hope yet.

On a side note, Republican-King-button-wearing-elephant-Vader is the best thing I've come up with in months.