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Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that a successful Water Quality Initiative (WQI) project in Southeast Iowa is progressing toward its next phase, with a specific focus on the …
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6/20/23 03:52 PM
Mid-Prairie has proudly announced Alumni Awards for 2023.
The awards will be presented on June 17 at 1 p.m. at Kalona Days, and recipients will ride in the Kalona Days parade at 4 p.m.
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6/14/23 11:30 AM
It’s been a rough road for Diesel. He spent the first years of his life forgotten in a dirty outdoor pen. Left behind when his owner moved away, he was discovered by the property’s new …
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6/14/23 10:09 AM
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6/14/23 09:41 AM
It’s a challenge to bring back a beloved event year after year while both respecting its traditions and keeping it exciting and new. That challenge is taken on again this year by Tonia …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/14/23 09:13 AM
Classic cars with their hoods opened for admirers lined the field outside the AmVets in Richmond. The show is sponsored by the Sons of AmVets Squad 107. The vehicle show, which included classic cars …
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6/14/23 09:13 AM
“We were thinking of doing a church tour, because we did a barn tour and a school tour. When I realized that our Sunday School houses were unique, that that’s not common, I …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/14/23 09:12 AM
Members of the Mid-Prairie FFA chapter assisted the City of West Chester on Sunday in sprucing up the city park and downtown pavilion. Members mulched, planted flowers, picked up sticks and pulled …
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By Elsa Schmidt |
6/14/23 09:12 AM
Grand Marshals for this year’s Kalona Days parade will be John Wallerich and his daughter Dawn Wyse. Wallerich is the founding owner of JW’s Foods, and Wyse runs the grocery store …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/14/23 09:12 AM
“It’s a parade, not a race,” Dean Miller says.
On Saturday, June 10, tractors of all ages, sizes, and colors will roll through the streets of Kalona, starting off from …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/7/23 09:58 AM
Unaware tourists often stumble into Mary Swander’s AgArts office on B Avenue, Kalona, expecting the next antique or gift shop on their downtown shopping tour. Until the award-winning …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/7/23 09:58 AM
The school year may have just ended, but it’s already time to think about the next one if you’re interested in state-provided funds for nonpublic school tuition. The application …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/7/23 09:58 AM
Kalona’s newest playground equipment is open for play, just in time for summer.
On Wednesday, May 31, city workers cleaned up the edges of Kalona City Park’s newest …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/7/23 09:57 AM
Iowa State University announces spring semester 2023 Dean’s List.
From Kalona: Benjamin Samuel Gardner, Electrical Engineering; Grace Catherine Mattes, Industrial Engineering; …
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6/7/23 09:56 AM
As anyone who plays sports knows, healthy competition has many benefits: it pushes us to grow and improve; it provides feedback regarding our strengths and weaknesses; it helps us deal with setbacks …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/7/23 09:06 AM
“We really love the uniqueness of Kalona Realty. It’s a great brokerage in the area, and a lot of rural places south of Iowa City look to us and come through us, which is really …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/1/23 12:20 PM
Following up on last week’s front-page story, Warner Fick found plenty of help to pack boxes of school kits he assembled into U-Haul vehicles for transport to the Lutheran World Relief facility …
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5/24/23 11:07 AM
“My name is Paul Christen. I was in the U.S. Air Force January 1962 to January of 1966,” he begins. “I grew up in northeast Iowa, and I loved airplanes. I had …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/24/23 11:02 AM
Eight teams played at the Kalona Mennonite and Historical Societies’ Golf Benefit Friday, May 19. Sponsors for the event were Sharon Telephone Co, Iowa Collision & Paint, The …
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5/24/23 10:10 AM