They say we should take the time to smell the flowers, and that can be taken literally in eastern Iowa this weekend with the Colonies in Bloom event in the Amana Colonies. Jon Childers, spokesman for ...

On my way to the Amana Colonies, I drove east on Interstate 80 through Omaha and passed over the Missouri River at Council Bluffs. I thought back to the days when these river breaks were among my ...

AMANA COLONIES - Beginner and professional painters shared tradition, camaraderie and artwork on Saturday for the Iowa Plein Air event in the Amana Colonies. Artists from around Iowa and the Midwest ...

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 ...

Known as America's favorite pastime, the sport of baseball was once believed to be one the Amana Colonies' greatest challenges. Founded in 1855, the Amana Colonies in southeast Iowa were dedicated to ...

Jeff Popenhagen wants those who come to the Amana Colonies to stay longer, and he's pretty confident Hotel Millwright is exactly the way to do it. "We used a preservation strategy many historic ...

AMANA COLONIES - I went into the reader mailbag for my latest outing. The Labor Day weekend was quickly vanishing on Sunday afternoon, so my wife and I rallied ourselves and our daughter, filled a ...

Cyclists get ready to roll out of Coralville during the RAGBRAI route inspection pre-ride along the day 7 route on Saturday, June 10, 2023. A jaunt through the interior of historic Kinnick and a ...

Ice-sculpting, ham throwing and snow globe making are just some of the activities taking place today in east-central Iowa’s Amana Colonies. The 7th annual Winterfest opens at 8:30 a.m. with a ...

Readers know the Amana Colonies as an eastern Iowa collection of communities that developed from 18th-century German settlements in the midwest. While some may have been expecting empty streets and ...