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Last Saturday Kalona City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh and Mayor Mark Robe presented special clocks (with plaques on the back) made by Schlabaugh & Sons to me and four others who were recipients …
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By Ron Slechta |
9/27/22 03:00 PM
My name is Janet Haberman Long and I grew up in Kalona. I’d like to write about the start of the Kalona Old Fashioned Ice Cream Bars.
My dad, Archie J. Haberman, started the original …
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9/27/22 02:51 PM
Kevin Kinney has been an outstanding State Senator and we will be well served by his reelection. His law enforcement and farming background give him a great perspective on what Iowa is and …
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9/27/22 02:47 PM
The GOP continues their effort to drive voter confusion and effectiveness by making the process so rule-bound and inaccessible that many citizens will be denied their Constitutional right to …
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9/22/22 01:59 PM
Coffee House Cure for
Cancer - Thank You
When my wife, Joan, and I, remodeled the Old Community Building in Riverside to be leased as a Coffee House, we made a commitment to match donated funds …
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9/22/22 01:58 PM
Oh my! It’s time again to reveal all the “real truths” of the past and present -- as I know them?
I’ve been doing that for you here all along by looking back in my …
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9/6/22 02:29 PM
Heather Hora’s campaign slogan is “Whatever the governor wants, the governor will get.” I will vote with her. So, one has to wonder, what will that do for the constituents that she …
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9/6/22 02:26 PM
The following information was submitted to the letter to the editor information form on www.thenews-ia.com:
first name: Madhu
last name: Anderson
address: 414 M street
city: Rock …
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8/10/22 04:35 PM
At the end of my sophomore year of college, I knew that I needed to keep myself busy during the summer. I was planning on living in Iowa City for the whole summer instead of going back to my hometown …
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By Max Von Gries |
8/10/22 04:33 PM
In an earlier column, I had written about how COVID-19 cut short our visits to the Church of the Nativity and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre while in Israel in March of 2020 and canceled our first …
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By Ron Slechta |
8/10/22 11:31 AM
The following information was submitted to the letter to the editor information form on www.thenews-ia.com:
first name: Aidan
last name: Yoder
address: 5470 Feldveg Strasze SW
city: …
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8/2/22 01:27 PM
At the Kalona City Council’s work session on July 26, the council looked at their preliminary Southtown Recreational Plan, which would give Kalona a nice outdoor recreation area with an outdoor …
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By Cheryl Allen |
8/2/22 01:26 PM
Thank you!
Almost half of my career has been in Kalona, working with some incredibly kind and hardworking, dedicated carriers and clerks. 2005 is a long time ago now even though I remember …
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7/26/22 01:52 PM
Last week the City of Wellman held our annual 4th of July celebration with a parade in the morning, activities at the park all afternoon and a band and fireworks in the evening.
I would like to …
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By Ryan Miller |
7/12/22 03:35 PM
This week is the last edition of The News that News Editor Molly Roberts is with us. Molly is leaving The News to pursue her dream of earning a Masters Degree in Creative Writing.
Molly joined our …
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By Ron Slechta |
7/12/22 03:34 PM
As many people know, Reggie Patterson’s service station in Wellman, Iowa is no longer in operation, the in- ground tanks and gasoline pumps removed. And a for sale sign present for many months, …
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7/12/22 03:33 PM
My little brother Sam is a Second Lieutenant in the 173rd Airborne in the United States Army. He has been stationed in Vicenza, Italy since August 2021 and while he loves Italy (and traveling around …
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By Molly Roberts |
6/28/22 04:40 PM
I attended Kalona Days on Saturday, June 18, which was a little bittersweet. I will be leaving my position as News Editor at The News in July.
I am planning to enroll back in school in the Fall of …
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By Molly Roberts |
6/22/22 04:21 PM
In this primary election, we are given two distinct choices. On the one hand is self-proclaimed moderate mayor of Washington Jaron Rosien (he was a Democrat until he recently switched to a Republican …
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5/31/22 02:48 PM
As a result of this week’s ghastly shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, I took time to reach out to Iowa’s representatives in Congress as well as the ISEA and NEA about a …
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5/31/22 02:48 PM
