There's a solid brick barn on Victor Yoder's property near Kalona that has seen many uses over the years, he said. It started life as an Amish homestead barn built by Joe Gingerich in 1931 and served ...

(AP) - A Mennonite group is raising money to buy 17,000 pounds of turkey as part of a national effort to feed people throughout the world. Each year, people who attend Mennonite churches, many in the ...

Despite concerns from the Amish community, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors is moving ahead with a plan to repave a county road outside of Kalona, Iowa. The project will resurface a portion of ...

KALONA - The rural Golden Delight Bakery will get its water from Kalona following City Council action. The business, which is within Kalona's two-mile jurisdiction and is owned by Nathan Miller, ...

A conversation with one of her Amish neighbors near Kalona left Mary Swander feeling uneasy. It was March 13, five days after Iowa announced its first COVID-19 patient, and the elderly man Swander was ...

KALONA, Iowa -- The teenage girls were up at 3 -- in the morning -- and working by 4. They were smiling and laughing, wiping dry hundreds of cans with white dish towels. And not complaining. Not once.

Even if you were raised an Iowa town kid like me, you have to love the farm-rich sights, sounds, tastes and smells of the small-town livestock auction house. You’ll find the best of these at Kalona ...