Poweshiek County papers keep their head above water as print dies

Three local newspapers in Poweshiek County exist mainly in print despite the steady decline in print circulation — the Grinnell-Herald Register, the Poweshiek County Chronicle Republican (PCCR) and The Montezuma Record.   Since 2005, the newspaper industry in the United States has lost one-third of its newspapers and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists, according to a...