Why Bury Rove?

Why is this buried in the Metro briefs of today's DM Register?

Four protesters were arrested outside the Wakonda Country Club on Friday in Des Moines when they tried to place a citizens' arrest on former Republican strategist Karl Rove.

Retired minister the Rev. Chet Guinn, 80, was arrested for trespassing, along with three Catholic Workers -- Edward Bloomer, Kirk Brown and Mona Shaw. All four were released after being cited.

So many questions. What was Rove doing at Wakonda? Why was he in town at all? On what grounds were the protesters trying to arrest him—perhaps Rove's defiance of a congressional subpoena? What's the story behind the protesters? How does their faith influence their politics? How did they know where Rove would be? (I also love how the brief refers to him as a former Republican strategist. Um, he's still strategizing—he just doesn't work at the White House anymore.)

But instead of that juicy—and newsworthy—story about a small group of Iowans confronting one of the country's most influential people, on the front page of today's paper we get "Clown Wins Award." Seriously.