On Midwest Week, even though the presidential campaigns are well underway in Iowa, candidates in the important state races are just getting started.
Herb Trix's guest is Erin Murphy, Lee Enterprises bureau Chief in Des Moines, and his work appears here in the Quad City Times and Muscatine Journal.
You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered.