"The De Soto Explorer" was started in 1998, and it was De Soto's main news source for 14 years. It closed in 2012. In the fall of 2015, "Discovering De Soto" magazine released its first preview edition. In 2017, the De Soto City Council funded issues of "Discovering De Soto". This was done in order to distribute the magazine by mail and around local businesses. In 2018, the De Soto City Council funded issues of "Discovering De Soto" for the year.