Amish News

This is the time of year for rhubarb and it's a mainstay in Amish kitchens. A There's so much you can do with rhubarb.

Mary Swander knows floods. As a girl living in Davenport, she grew up fighting the Mighty Mississippi whenever it rose out of its banks.

The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom, a rather sensationalistic rag on a good day, has taken quite an interest in the Bergholz Amish beard-cutting incidents.

Like many small towns, Kalona got its start as a stop along the railway line. The depot built to service the railway in turn became the inspiration for Kalona Historical Village when, in 1969, the Rock Island Railroad stopped routing trains through Kalona and shut down the depot.

A maze of color, pattern and texture dips from the ceiling of the Kalona Community Center every spring during the Annual Kalona Quilt Show.