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 Congressman Feenstra predicts Senate will pass E15 bill ‘very shortly’
Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull predicts the U.S. Senate will soon pass the E15 bill that cleared the House yesterday.
