Norway News

Aeroroot, a band of Frontier Natural Products Co-op employees in Norway, Iowa, has made it the finals of a corporate competition.

Hanlontown, Ia. - Some towns have fireworks and big carnival rides. In Hanlontown, the annual summer festival centers on a gathering at the railroad tracks that run through town to watch the sunset.

Many people whose ancestors came from Norway are in Albert Lea this week to research their roots and to take part in a cultural tradition going back to the city's pioneer days.

David Olson was born Aug. 29, 1870, in Freeborn County to Gundor Olson Bjornemyr Vistad and Sigvor Davidsdatter Herheim.

Kathryn Ann Kimm, 97, of Norway, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2009, at the Keystone Care Center, Keystone.

Hurra for Syttende Mai! Celebrating four centuries of Scandinavian influence on American culture and a Norwegian heritage that added considerably to Brooklyn and once made Eighth Avenue a commercial fjord of restaurants and shops are two annual traditional celebrations here this weekend.

This weekend brings us to Syttende Mai -- seventeenth of May in English -- when all Norwegians celebrate the constitution day in 1814, and in this area that means a trip to Stoughton for its annual event marking the historic day in Norway.

Eileen Kennedy, 95, of New Hampton, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, in New Hampton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Holy Family Parish - St.

Arlo Becker hasna t changed much in his a oe50-somea years of racing cars at Hawkeye Downs.

The French live up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix -- sleep -- according to a survey released Monday.

The halls of the Johnson County Administration Building echoed with cheers and applause immediately after the County Recorder's Office stamped the first application of the day for a same-sex marriage license.

Helen E. Hofferd Knowles, 96, of 1708 30th Street Ct. NW, Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, following a short illness.

Benton Community could see their school superintendent on the chopping block if the school board gets its way.

Decorah, Ia. - The dream had two pieces. First, Jim and Brenda McCaffrey, who are in their 50s, often imagined themselves working together again in their own restaurant, as they had in their younger days.

Effa L. Johnson, 62, of 6008 Eastview Ave. SW, died peacefully at home after a courageous battle with cancer on Monday, March 9, 2009.

Elsie M. Brockschink, 96, of Norway, died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, in the Keystone Care Center, Keystone, after a long illness.

Helen B. Rotter, 94, of Walford, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, in Cedar Rapids following a short illness.

Orville J. "Bitz" Schulte, 86, of Norway, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness.

"O lutefisk, o lutefisk Your fragrant aroma Puts me in a coma" Those happy Sons of Norway of the Quad-Cities were crooning with glee again this week.

Sioux City Retired Educators, 10:45 a.m. luncheon/meeting Dec. 16 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 3204 S. Lakeport St.