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The Kalona City Council met Monday night to take care of a range of business before moving into closed session to consider property acquisition.
In his report, City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh …
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7/19/23 03:46 PM
When the Encounter Café opened in August 2017, manager Ray Yutzy imagined the new restaurant would gradually ease into its place and purpose. Instead, alert media reporters immediately …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/19/23 01:35 PM
A crowd turned out Sunday evening for the New Roots Music Festival and Tornado Benefit at the Wellman Band Shell, where three acts performed, and several food trucks provided good eats. The …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/19/23 01:19 PM
Community leaders gathered July 13 to officially acknowledge the launch of the second Student-Built housing project led by the city of Kalona. Although 12 students from Mid-Prairie, Highland, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/19/23 10:26 AM
By Brendan Schnoebelen |
7/12/23 12:17 PM
On Saturday morning, July 15, Kalona will experiment with “Cars & Coffee,” a meet-and-greet near the corner of B Avenue and 5th Street from 8-10 a.m. Those with unique, classic …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/12/23 11:36 AM
The GoodGuys Speedway Motors Heartland Nationals car show drew thousands to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on June 30 – July 2, and the Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce was there …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/12/23 11:14 AM
New has always been good.
But this new is great.
For Lone Tree, the new is El Guanaco, a Salvadorian/Mexican restaurant opened by Rodolfo and Ana Ramirez in mid-June. It operates in the …
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By TJ Rhodes |
7/12/23 11:11 AM
Home schooled Future Problem Solving teams from the area earned recognition at the 2023 International Competition in Amherst, Massachusetts, June 7 - 11. The topic of the competition was …
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7/12/23 10:54 AM
“It’s just stuff, it’s all replaceable,” folks said after the March 31 tornado destroyed their homes and properties earlier this year, a sentiment that expressed gratefulness …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/12/23 10:04 AM
Our communities are fortunate to have many long-lived businesses that add a sense of stability and continuity to our lives, even as the world around us shifts and one generation gives way to another. …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/12/23 09:59 AM
Juggler Luther Bangert impressed kids in the Summer Reading Program at the Kalona Public Library on June 29. Here, he walks backward while juggling three balls.
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Brendan Schnoebelen |
7/5/23 09:32 AM
CS Autobody held an open house/customer appreciation cruise-in on July 1 with muscle cars and street rods on display. L-R: Karla Coblentz, Julie Swartzendruber, Stef Swartzendruber, Jake …
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Warren Ropp |
7/5/23 09:29 AM
The Kalona City Council met briefly via Zoom on Friday, June 30 to close out the fiscal year ending on that date.
In his Administrator’s Report, Ryan Schlabaugh ran through a few …
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7/5/23 09:27 AM
Following a two- day trial June 27-28 in Washington County District Court, Matthew James Meisheid, 41, of Kalona was found guilty by a jury of two counts of assault on Persons in Certain …
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7/5/23 09:23 AM
A city’s government is bound to serve its residents, and prior to 2015, the City of Kalona felt it was letting theirs down when it came to opportunities for recreation, socialization, and …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/5/23 09:21 AM
Four year old Cita was bred and then separated from her puppies. Starving and abandoned, she was sad when she was rescued. But in just a few short weeks, Cita has started to thrive! Intelligent and …
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6/29/23 04:24 PM
In a lightly attended meeting on Monday, June 26, in which four of seven board members were present for action items, the Mid-Prairie school board approved updates to a dozen board policies and …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/29/23 04:22 PM
On Saturday, June 17 at Kalona Days, attendees viewed the top six entries in two age groups from the Kalona Optimist Club’s annual photo contest and cast votes for those they thought best. …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/28/23 11:17 AM
Washington County Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved six resolutions to purchase six parcels of land, totaling about 10.83 acres, for the county’s Dogwood Avenue Project from owners …
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By Mary Zielinski |
6/28/23 11:15 AM
