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“Iowa and the Civil War” is a trilogy written by Ken Lyftogt. Each of the three volumes has been a finalist for the B.F. Shambaugh Award, the highest honor offered by the State Historical …
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5/31/23 09:53 AM
On Wednesday, May 17, Highland FFA planted their 13.2-acre test plot and land lab. The land lab is located behind the Highland High School baseball and softball fields and on the west side of the …
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By Emma Cole |
5/24/23 11:23 AM
Following up on last week’s front-page story, Warner Fick found plenty of help to pack boxes of school kits he assembled into U-Haul vehicles for transport to the Lutheran World Relief facility …
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5/24/23 11:07 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
Eight teams played at the Kalona Mennonite and Historical Societies’ Golf Benefit Friday, May 19. Sponsors for the event were Sharon Telephone Co, Iowa Collision & Paint, The …
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5/24/23 10:10 AM
Members of the business community gathered at the Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, May 17 for a business lunch sponsored by KCTC. Chance Beachy and Jarett Truitt, both KCTC …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/24/23 09:28 AM
Midnight a busy cat. And she’s available for adoption at PAWS & More! First, Midnight might first check on what’s happening outside the window. Then she’ll explore to see if …
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5/24/23 09:28 AM
On Wednesday, May 24th, 2023, members of the VFW Post #6414 Riverside will place flags and crosses at the graves of veterans who are laid to rest at St Vincent and St. Stanislaus cemeteries beginning …
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5/23/23 11:35 AM
Highland 5th Graders, led by teachers Ryan Cortum and Jill Strubee, trekked from the Elementary School down to the museum on Thursday, May 11. Although it was a warm day, energy, enthusiasm, …
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By Christine Kirkwood |
5/18/23 01:33 PM
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 City of Kalona received the largest share of spring grant funds awarded Wednesday by the Washington County Riverboat Foundation. The City was awarded grants for two projects: $554,300 …
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5/18/23 12:25 PM
Washington County Engineer Jacob Thorius was installed as the 2023-2024 Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of County Engineers (NACE) at their recent annual meeting and technical …
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5/17/23 01:59 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
The Mid-Prairie community is set to lose another valued administrator as the need to be forward-thinking weighs on the district.
With the decision to eliminate assistant principal …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 01:48 PM
In a brisk meeting May 15, the Kalona City Council moved forward on a few items that have recently been in the works, the most of interesting of which is its plan to establish a trailhead at the …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 10:27 AM
City Council members approved a bid Monday from Todd Hackett Construction to complete a renovation of the Wellman-Schofield Public Library.
The Muscatine firm, the lone bidder, submitted a bid …
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By John Butters |
5/17/23 09:26 AM
“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
