Snake oil, hot sand or a fresh and smelly skunk hide might seem to have little in common with “Lydia Pinkham’s Pink Pills for Pale People,” and “Kickapoo Sagwa,” but they all had their adherents in ...

Jim and Jennifer Swearngin were collecting driftwood for their son's taxidermy business Tuesday on their land along the South Skunk River in Mahaska County. Jim walked through the woods while Jennifer ...