Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Amana Colonies Oktoberfest returns Sept. 29 through Oct.1. The fall festival season is in full swing. The Amana Colonies are ...

In the late 1800s, millions of German-speaking people emigrated from Europe to the United States, many of them settling in the Midwest. Wisconsin became home to a large percentage of these newcomers, ...

Larry and Wilma Rettig don't agree on how to spell all the features in their garden - she is from South Amana and he is from Middle Amana, and the 'Amana German” spellings from different villages ...

DAVENPORT -- The German American Heritage Center is excited to bring you this new exhibit in partnership with the Amana Heritage Society, which opens March 5 and will be up through July 2010. Along ...

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 31, 2010) A presentation on the Amana Colonies will be given on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the German American Heritage Center at 712 West 2nd Street in Davenport, ...

The fall festival season is in full swing. The Amana Colonies are known by some as “Little Germany” due to the area’s rich German roots. While the area might be considered quaint, during its annual ...