Whether RAGBRAI riders will take over Kinnick Stadium, pass by Big Grove Brewery — which makes the official RAGBRAI beer — or both, Iowa City residents can expect to see a sea of helmets come through ...

Winter in Iowa comes alive in the Amana Colonies on Saturday, Jan. 24, as the community hosts the 22nd annual Amana Colonies ...

As tourists wander through the Amana Colonies — their tree-lined streets bordered by 19 th century red brick homes and businesses — they repeatedly ask the same question. It’s a question that David ...

AMANA COLONIES — How many times have you said you were going to the Amanas, or the Amana Colonies? But did you really mean Amanas plural, or were you just going to the main colony that draws in ...

This is Grant Wood country. This is the valley of the Iowa River, and these are the hills that inspire in the soft light of morning and amaze as the afternoon sunlight deepens their richness. “Right ...

The Amana Colonies were founded in Iowa in 1855 by a Christian sect escaping persecution in Germany. Near Cedar Rapids, the group settled seven villages, which became the longest-surviving communal ...

MIDDLE AMANA, Ia. – The heart of this story for Kristie Yoder is her childhood encounter with a baby robin after a violent thunderstorm. Before we get to that: The broader context is that Yoder, 57, ...

History whispers in the low rolling hills of northeast Iowa, telling of prairie and pioneers and Indians. These lands have marked the passing of people moving West. But the valley of the Iowa River ...

S OUTH AMANA, Ia. – On six acres of farm field near the Iowa River, a gaggle of volunteers sifted through rich soil in search of fragments left behind by the original Iowans. I'm not talking "original ...