2020, of course, has been a wild year. In April, the governor had all non-essential businesses shut down for a while. A derecho (a powerful storm) hit recently, taking out the power for a few days. Winter will bring who knows what. Iowa recently had its largest single-day COVID-19 case increase since the pandemic started. The Iowa governor declared bars in six of Iowa’s counties shut down until September 20th. The Des Moines mayor declared a mask mandate. Something the Iowa governor is not for. Schools in Iowa have started back up. Here in Ankeny, twenty-seven students and twelve teachers were already put in quarantine. It is a mess.