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KALONA
Friday, April 19 began early for area firefighters, who were awakened by a call to an Amish farm on 540th Street, Kalona, east of Stringtown Grocery. Kalona, Riverside, Wellman and Hills …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
Back in 1978, when Dr. Sheldon Yoder first began practicing veterinary medicine, he spent his days checking swine for crooked snouts and reaching his arm into cows to relocate their …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
When visitors enter the English quilt gallery at the Kalona Historical Village this season, they may find themselves surrounded by the unexpected. Bold colors, nontraditional techniques, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
When you hear the words, “Cocoa futures are on a record-breaking rally,” you might think, “Wow, way to go, cocoa.” If you were a marathon runner, the idea of rallying and breaking …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
Cousins Julie Zahs and Locke Peterseim couldn’t have more perfect backgrounds for creating a Founding Families exhibit at the Kalona Historical Village.
Julie has experience putting …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
Some 200 quilts will fill the exhibition space at this year’s annual Quilt Show & Sale in Kalona, just as they have for the past 52 years. All hand-quilted, the works will be a marvel of …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/24 12:00 PM
IOWA CITY
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will vote Thursday on a Fiscal Year 2025 spending budget of $169.8 million, a record amount that is $22.9 million more than this year’s …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/24/24 12:57 AM
KALONA
“We had a very, very good day,” fire chief Jerry Zahradnek said of Kalona Fire’s pancake breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, April 6. Although lines were long, the department cooked as …
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by Cheryl Allen |
4/19/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
The Kalona City Council met Monday night and got straight to work, holding a public hearing for the FY24-25 budget, at which no comments were made, and subsequently approving said budget. …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/19/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
Rep. Heather Hora and Sen. Dawn Driscoll held their last legislative briefing of the season on Friday, April 12, at the Kalona Historical Village, where they described myriad bills they …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/19/24 08:00 AM
Over 3,000 people were served at Kalona Fire’s annual breakfast on Saturday, April 6. The department raised over $70,000.
Over 100 people were lined up before the breakfast offically began …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/12/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
Between 2008 and 2022, almost 14% of Iowa’s pharmacies closed their doors, thanks to pressure from Pharmacy Benefit Managers, big box retailers, and mail order pharmacies. Independent, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/5/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
When Mercy Iowa City hospital filed bankruptcy in late 2023, the fate of the Kalona health clinic, Mercy Family Medicine, was thrown into question. UI Health Care acquired the clinic in …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/5/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
In early March, following the receipt of their FCC license, Mary’s Holy Voice KMHV 89.5 FM, officially began broadcasting from Kalona, bringing Catholic talk radio to the area. To …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/5/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
As newly required by state law, the Kalona City Council held dual sessions Monday night, the first a public hearing for the proposed property tax levy for FY24-25, the second their regular …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/5/24 12:00 PM
KALONA
The Kalona Historical Village hosted an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 30. Droves of children prepared to collect as many eggs as possible with a mad-dash.
It did not take …
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By TJ Rhodes |
3/30/24 02:36 PM
On the afternoon of March 31 last year, a Friday, early spring winds howled across Iowa.
Severe storms were in the forecast.
Another typical late March day, right?
The skies grew dark …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/30/24 12:12 AM
WELLMAN
At 4:22 p.m. Friday, Kari Honsey snapped one last photo of the massive funnel cloud on the southwest horizon and then headed down to the cellar. She grabbed her bicycle helmet, a granola …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/29/24 12:00 PM
