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 […]
U.S. Senate candidate Hinson questions opponent’s Iowa House voting record
Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, the Iowa Republican Party’s candidate for the U.S. Senate, used her speech at the Des Moines Register’s Political
