A nine-year-old is the Iowa State Fair’s Youth Harmonica champ. Gus Major of Ankeny has been playing the harmonica since he was a toddler and sometimes plays with his dad’s blues band. The piece he played for the State Fair competition was his own composition. “One reason I played the blues is because the blues […]
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A Storm Lake student’s pride in her community just earned her the mayor’s seat — at least for a day. Storm
