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WASHINGTON
Construction began November 2023 for a new grocery, bakery, and coffee shop just north of Washington on Hwy 1. Although delays have pushed its anticipated opening date back until …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/28/24 08:00 AM
Gospel Light Fellowship church in Kalona hosted an Easter Bible Walk on Friday, April 7. An old Jerusalem marketplace was recreated, and over 900 people interacted with the exhibit.
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Lori Schrock |
4/18/23 04:49 PM
By Molly Roberts |
7/22/21 12:11 PM
The Kalona Optimist Club took 100 flags to the Washington County Fairgrounds on Sunday to welcome the Tunnel to Towers 9/11 Never Forget mobile exhibit to the fair.
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7/18/21 12:44 PM
A total of 50 children entered the contest this year, with each participant receiving a free ice cream cone or cookie, courtesy of JW’s Foods of Kalona.
Color-Me contest champions …
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I have experienced one of warmest welcomes I have ever had the pleasure of. I thank you for all the friendly introductions and smiles.
For those I have not had a chance to say …
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8/16/23 12:00 AM
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
At daybreak, January 1, 2000, some of us were worried about a thing called Y2K. We had been happily living our lives, getting used to email and the internet and ordering things with a click on …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 01:53 PM
IOWA CITY
Big changes are coming to portions of 540th Street SW in southwest Johnson County over the next two years.
Bidding is expected to be held in September for resurfacing the road …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/29/23 05:36 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
For middle and high school students attending Pathway, Hillcrest Academy, and Mid-Prairie schools (including the home school), the time has come to get out their cameras and submit photos …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/21/24 08:00 AM
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
The three cities joined forces to host pop-up food pantries in each community on Saturday morning. In all, nearly 200 boxes of food were handed out in the three cities Saturday, representing more …
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KALONA
A few feet of railroad track, just a piece of local history cut from the original rail line that created Kalona in 1879, was saved nearly a century later when all track left town, and then …
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By Mary Zielinski |
1/3/24 08:00 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
