I’m a sucker for scarecrow films, but even I can admit that there aren’t many worth crowing about. Outside of the consensus “best” within the crop, Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981), the sub-genre ...

We’re just a few weeks from September. The month when Fall officially begins. When the leaves start to die and the weather cools. Pumpkin spice aromas fill the air. Somewhere nearby, a Spirit ...

A pair of filmmakers who are southeast Iowa natives will be showing their movie “Field of Screams” at the Halloweenapalooza Horror Film Fest in Ottumwa later this week. Evan Runkle and Alix Moad, who ...

Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. If scarecrows were used to ward off birds, adds James P. Leary, a historian and folklorist focused on rural Midwestern life, ...

When Chris isn’t working on a new article or exploring the best nature spots nearby, he's gotten into making TikTok edits. While he works on other personal projects, he has turned his attention to ...