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Back in 1989, when Clark W. Griswold blanketed his two-story house in 250 strands of Christmas lights – 25,000 bulbs – we thought that was a lot. (Google “National Lampoon’s …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/28/22 01:18 PM
Standing four feet high and 400 pounds, with another three or four feet of tined antlers, the reindeer is a sight to behold. This domesticated creature with a chocolate and white coat usually …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/28/22 11:51 AM
Around 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23, local volunteer fire departments responded to a call for a structure fire on Orval Yoder Turnpike SW, northwest of Frytown. Siren song filled the air in …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/23/22 04:32 PM
Sometimes you get what you ask for.
Back in September, the superintendent of the Highland Community School District hoped that the new playgrounds being installed at the elementary school …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/22/22 04:58 PM
The 2021-2022 Library Annual Report, presented by Library Director Trevor Sherping and Director of Youth Services Olivia Kahler, ended the regular meeting of the Kalona City Council on a high note …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/22/22 04:55 PM
City council members approved a first reading of an ATV/UTV amendment to ordinance 170 of Wellman’s municipal code.
The amendment is needed to reach compliance with changes to the state laws …
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By John Butters |
11/22/22 02:55 PM
For Thanksgiving, the library will be closed Nov. 24-26, opening again on Monday, Nov. 28, to resume normal programming.
New Adult Fiction: “The Sea Wolves” by Clive Cussler; …
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11/22/22 02:53 PM
The festivities during Christmas in Kalona provide us with a wonderful opportunity to feel the love and joy of the season while making memories with our loved ones. This is also a season of …
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11/22/22 02:46 PM
Kayla and Simon Schlabach hope to raise support for their youngest child, Rhett (4), who has been diagnosed with pediatric diffuse high-grade glioma. This is a highly aggressive brain cancer, and …
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By Giovanni Coronel |
11/22/22 02:42 PM
The Kalona Optimist club needs Salvation Army Bell Ringers at the Washington Fareway on Saturday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Dec. 9. Call Deanna Poe 319-330-5765 or deanna@kctc.net for available …
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11/22/22 02:27 PM
The Wellman Garden Club met at the Senior Center on Thursday, Nov. 17. To begin, we were treated to a reading of “The Night Before Thanksgiving” read by President Marilyn …
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11/22/22 02:25 PM
“It is really fun to give away other people’s money,” Shawn Ellingson told the excited group happily munching hors d’oeuvres at Riverside Casino’s Event Center on …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/22/22 02:21 PM
Faced with an ambulance department director on paid suspension, pending investigation, and an interim director who resigned abruptly Nov. 17, the Washington County Supervisors Tuesday not only …
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By Mary Zielinski |
11/22/22 02:16 PM
Since its founding in 2012, Kalona Brewing Company had been on an upward trajectory. Their fifteen-barrel brewing system was humming along. Their diverse and delicious craft beers were being …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/22/22 02:13 PM
The Optimist Club of Kalona is encouraging area students to speak their minds about the topic, “Is Optimism the Key to Achieving the Dreams you imagine?” as part of the Optimist …
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11/16/22 12:14 PM
On Monday, Nov. 7, members of the Murder Mystery Club at the Wellman-Scofield Public Library enjoyed another evening of impromptu theater as they played out a new murder-mystery. This time, the …
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11/16/22 12:09 PM
One in five American adults deals with some form of mental illness in any given year. Mental health conditions are not uncommon for our population; one in every 20 adults is living with a serious …
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By Giovanni Coronel |
11/16/22 11:54 AM
The environmental clean-up project on the corner of 5th Street and E Avenue, Kalona, is in its final stages, as contaminated soil has been removed and clean fill added at the former gas station …
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11/16/22 11:43 AM
“It’s kind of intriguing, in my mind, to start this story with a fish in 1840,” Bruce Hochstetler says. Let’s begin there.
A channel catfish glides through the dark …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/16/22 11:34 AM
What is the sound of crickets if not the absence of turkeys? On Henry Miller’s turkey farm there isn’t much chirping by crickets, because those small bugs are being consumed by the many …
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By Giovanni Coronel |
11/16/22 10:19 AM
