Amana News

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Posted on Nov 02, 2009 by Meredith Hines-Dochterman . College Community School District bus driver Steve Tomash checks for traffic as he drives route No.

Head south into Iowa and you will discover great ways to prepare for the approaching holiday season.

They're not typically mentioned as dream vacation destinations--but they're drawing more and more people.

My wife and I moved to North Liberty in late 1990, and we have three children at Clear Creek-Amana High School and the University of Iowa.

There is definitely some “Shady Business” going on at The Old Creamery Theatre Company this fall, and showgirls Mandy and Tania find themselves in the middle of it all.

U.S. Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker says a 33-year-old man has appeared before a federal magistrate in Des Moines on charges stemming from four recent bank robberies in Iowa.

Emergency crews are on the scene of an accident in Iowa County. NewsLine9 callers say that the accident happened at the exit 225 east-bound off ramp along Interstate 80, just south of Little Amana.

Even though "From the Homefront" is set in World War II , its theme is universal.

Tom Johnson was only 5 at the end of War World II. Still, he remembers quite a bit -- the rations, victory gardens, and his parents' worry over his three older brothers away at war.

Posted on Oct 19, 2009 by George Ford . Cookie Vanous, the owner of Czech Feather & Down Co.

The Amana Heritage Society annual meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Amana Heritage Museum auditorium, 705 44th Ave.

Flu-like symptoms continue to wreak havoc in area schools, with scores of students absent in one district and post-poning testing in another.

Many schools in eastern Iowa are reporting a high level of absences. Some wonder what goes into the decision to close a school because of illness.

Flu-like symptoms have hit schools in the Clear Creek Amana School District, with about 14 percent of the district's students home sick Wednesday, Superintendent Paula Vincent said.

Phillip Webber thought the time was right to release an expanded edition of 'Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana.' The original book was released in the 1980s and the University of Iowa Press recently released the expanded edition.

African American Museum of Iowa No Roads Lead to Buxton. This exhibit pays homage to the coal mining town of Buxton, which was considered a 'Black Utopia' during the early 1900s.

Photos of dogs with matted fur, fleas, blackened teeth or crippled legs after being confined for lengthy periods in breeders' cages prompted the same feelings of outrage in state lawmakers of both parties Tuesday.

The public is invited to watch as straw gets spun into gold for a greedy king and a magical gnome with an unusual name comes to the rescue in a classic fairy tale with a unique retelling.

Jon Childers is keeping his fingers crossed for good weather. Last year's good weather brought a record crowd -- an estimated 35,000 people -- to Oktoberfest in Amana.