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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
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
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
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
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
It’s hard to miss the Little Free Libraries that have popped up around communities since 2009. A painted wood box with a shelf or two behind a windowed front door, these little dwellings …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/21/23 09:08 AM
Pie Winners
Grand Champion: Mary Hershberger with her Apple Pie
1st Runner-Up: Amy Allen with Grandma Opal’s Apple Pie
2nd Runner-Up: Ellis Vizcarrando with his Strawberry Mango …
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6/21/23 09:05 AM
Cheryl Allen |
6/14/23 09:41 AM
It’s a challenge to bring back a beloved event year after year while both respecting its traditions and keeping it exciting and new. That challenge is taken on again this year by Tonia …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/14/23 09:13 AM
Unaware tourists often stumble into Mary Swander’s AgArts office on B Avenue, Kalona, expecting the next antique or gift shop on their downtown shopping tour. Until the award-winning …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/7/23 09:58 AM
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 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
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
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
