The Iowa Legislature declared Christmas as an official state holiday in 1862 — eight years before Congress declared Christmas a federal holiday. Michael Swanger is editor of the Iowa History Journal, which has a cover story in its current issue about how European immigrants brought their Christmas customs to Iowa. “It goes back to even […]
Iowa cattlemen set up fundraiser for Nebraska ranchers reeling from wildfires
A group of western Iowans are sending help to ranchers in west central Nebraska after recent wildfires burned up nearly 900,000
