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KALONA
When folks drive by Ramsey Creek Woodworks on Hwy 1 just north of Kalona, they don’t always know what exactly the business does. Is it a furniture store or something?
“We mainly do …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/22/24 12:00 PM
WASHINGTON
Community & Family Resources (CFR) is a substance abuse and mental healthcare clinic that serves the greater Iowa City area.
In January, they opened a satellite office in …
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By TJ Rhodes |
3/8/24 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON
It’s hard to know if Gov. Kim Reynolds knew she was igniting a firestorm when she proposed overhauling Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEA) in her Condition of the State address a …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/24 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON
Given the chance to bend Mike Naig’s ear, the Farm Bill, free trade, African Swine Fever, and the struggling pork industry were all topics of concern brought up by corn growers and …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
“I started as a clerk when I was 15; it’s about time!” Olivia Kahler laughed when Ryan Schlabaugh recommended the city council approve her as the Kalona Public Library’s new …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/7/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
67,585 miles of Iowa’s public roads are gravel, making up 60% of the state’s road system. And cyclists love them.
Caleb Wilson is one of those cyclists. And because he lives in …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/7/24 08:00 AM
DES MOINES
This year’s annual Iowa Pork Congress, held Jan. 24-25, brought together pork producers, related businesses, and industry experts in Des Moines for two days of educational seminars, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/31/24 08:00 AM
United Animal Health
Trent Torrance and Bob Altman traveled from Indianapolis to Des Moines to staff United Animal Health’s booth at the Iowa Pork Congress on Jan. 24-25. The Sheridan, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/31/24 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON
Distance runners live by numbers. The number of minutes and seconds it takes them to run a mile. The number of miles they run in a week, a month, a year. The number of 5Ks, 10Ks, half …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/24/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
The negative three-degree temperature Monday night did not dissuade Republican caucus goers in Wellman from showing up at the Parkside Activities Center to express their presidential …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/17/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
A watermain leak on F Avenue has been repaired, two fire hydrants were recently replaced, and the DOT approved the city for a few speed feedback signs on Hwy 22. That’s interesting stuff, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
1/10/24 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON
Dallmeyer Hall was near capacity when Sen. Dawn Driscoll and Rep. Heather Hora sat for a legislative discussion with Washington county residents on agricultural issues on Dec. 19. …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/27/23 08:00 AM
The moment we’ve been anticipating since 2016 is finally here: the streetscape exhibit at the Wahl Museum, a part of the Kalona Historical Village, will officially be revealed next week.
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By Cheryl Allen |
8/2/23 11:52 AM
Wrapping up the 2023 Summer Reading program, local children enjoyed a fun time with foam just outside the Kalona Library on July 28.
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Giovanni Coronel |
8/2/23 10:11 AM
Furnace ductwork is a lot like a giant hamster Habitrail; it consists of lots of tunnels that wind around, down, and through. In fact, if you had a five-year-old mind, you might pop the grill …
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8/2/23 10:00 AM
“As a child, my perception of farming was that my parents worked extremely hard and made no money,” Natasha Wilson told the group of farmers gathered at her West Chester farm on July 14. …
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With 60% of Iowa’s farmland owned by people over 65, a great farm transition is underway. The Wilson family of West Fork Farmstead in West Chester is willing to talk about it |
7/26/23 10:26 AM
The Kalona Bluegrass Festival was held on July 22.
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By TJ Rhodes |
7/26/23 10:00 AM
For anyone who has driven near (or on) the Pleasantview campus in the past year, changes have obviously taken place, with more yet to come.
Built in 1957 with the first resident moving in the …
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By Larry Swartzendruber |
7/21/23 04:48 PM
They live more than 9000 miles apart, she on an archipelago of volcanic islands, he on a landlocked plot of land that was once tallgrass prairie.
She worries about the rainy season; he …
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7/19/23 04:08 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