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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
“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
The City of Kalona received the largest share of spring grant funds awarded Wednesday by the Washington County Riverboat Foundation. The City received grants for two projects: $554,300 for the …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/24/23 10:59 AM
The Kalona Farmers Market was off to a good start despite threatening weather Saturday, May 13. This is the first time downtown streets were closed for the event. The farmers market will …
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5/18/23 01:32 PM
“Washington County Hospital and Clinics is really a model of the kind of high-quality rural health care that every Iowa county needs and deserves. With that in mind, its really hard to …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 09:25 AM
The book divided the community, but it will remain shelved in the adult non-fiction section of the Kalona Public Library.
In a 5-2 vote Tuesday, May 9, the Board of Trustees determined …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 09:25 AM
Governor Kim Reynolds signed HF 424 into law Wednesday morning at Washington County Hospital. The new law removes the requirement that physicians assistants have a specific relationship with a …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/10/23 01:37 PM
In 2018, Mike Meinders designed and constructed a Star Trek Delta Shield out of bicycles for RAGBRAI as Riverside was one of the towns on the route that year. It was placed behind the new …
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By Christine Kirkwood |
5/10/23 10:23 AM
If you’re strolling through downtown Wellman and find that what was once Driscoll Studio is now the Wellman-Scofield Public Library, don’t be shocked. It’s temporary.
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/10/23 09:48 AM
Consider, for a moment, DNA. Every cell in your body contains this blueprint for your body as a whole. Inside every tiny part, we can see an image of the entire organism.
So it is …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/10/23 09:47 AM
Attendees come from almost all 48 continental states to see and buy quilts in Kalona at the Quilt Show on April 27 - 29.
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/3/23 10:22 AM
A little steam engine had a long train of cars to pull. She went along very well until she came to a steep hill. But then, no matter how hard she tried, she could not move the long train …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/3/23 09:51 AM
Tonia Poole finished sewing her second-ever quilt. It was a Quilt of Valor, a handmade quilt to be awarded to a veteran or service member who has been touched by war. She signed it, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/23 12:55 PM
Kalona is no stranger to the crafted art of quilting, being named the “quilt capital” of Iowa. Woodin Wheel, located in the heart of Kalona, is the largest American-made quilt retailer in …
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By TJ Rhodes |
4/26/23 12:32 PM
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and you’ve just logged in for your 12.5-hour shift. As you lean back in your chair and settle into your work console, you’re perfectly …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/26/23 11:41 AM
Mid-Prairie East elementary Principal Greg Jergens explained to Kalona Rotary club members April 18 that the new fenced in area between East Elementary and Middle School in Kalona …
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By Ron Slechta |
4/26/23 10:06 AM
“We are in danger of frost until about May 10,” Marianne Reha-VanRoekel says as we survey the plants for sale inside Reha Greenhouses in Wellman, but something about being inside that …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/12/23 01:19 PM
The Easter Bunny Visits Hall Park
Postponing the Easter Bunny’s visit to Riverside until April 8 turned out to be a good idea. It was much warmer than the previous weekend and …
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4/12/23 12:55 PM
Mid-Prairie Students and Staff Help Following Tornado
On Thursday, April 6, 211 Mid-Prairie High School students and 52 staff members helped with recovery efforts following the EF-4 tornado that …
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4/12/23 12:33 PM
