The road out of St. Charles still carries the old promise of rural Iowa. It’s a stillness Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep brought to movie screens in “The Bridges of Madison County," farmhouses tucked into open, idyllic fields and a quieter life. On her rural farmstead, Diane Fitch, a Madison County supervisor, tends chickens, bakes banana bread and holds onto a version of Madison County where neighbors know each other by name and help each other without hesitation. Now, she said, that peace has been rattled. Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. #MadisonCounty #Iowa #ruraliowa #smalltowns