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 […]
Drop in motorcycle, ATV deaths part of record low Iowa traffic fatalities
Iowa’s preliminary number shows the lowest number of traffic deaths since the state started keeping records 100 years ago. DOT State
