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 […]
Missing Iowa boy found at grandparents’ home in Wisconsin
A missing Kossuth County child is back with his mother after he was found Monday at his grandparents’ home in Wisconsin.
