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 […]
Iowans should prep their pooches before a night of fireworks
Many Iowans will be celebrating the nation’s independence this weekend by lighting the fuse on fireworks, and those big booms can
