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Grand opening for Old Brick House Market is Friday

by Brathjen on April 18, 2012

The Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the grand opening and ribbon cutting for three new businesses in the former Brick Haus Restaurant. The businesses, inside what is now the Old Brick House Market, 728 47th Avenue, Amana, are Tastings, Serena’s Coffee Cafe and the ALB-GOLD Noodle Shop. CVB officials said the businesses [...]

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A noodle of a story for Amana

by Brathjen on April 18, 2012

By BRIAN RATHJEN AMANA – Several years ago, German noodle entrepreneur Klaus Freidler  was on a cross-country tour of the United States. It was during that trip that an idea to possibly expand his world-renowned noodle business came about. But where? In search of that perfect place, he came to Iowa, stopping in Des Moines [...]

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CLEAR CREEK AMANA SCHOOL BOARD: CCA board approves budget in money-dominated meeting

April 5, 2012 Amana Colonies news

Without fanfare, the Clear Creek Amana School Board conducted a pair of public hearings at its March 21 meeting. One hearing centered on the district’s budget, the other on an early-start wavier. The district’s residential tax rate was set at $15.51 per $1,000 assessed valuation of property, down 23 cents from the current fiscal year. [...]

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Here comes the Easter Bunny-tail, hoppin’ down the bunny trail

April 5, 2012 Amana Colonies news

The Easter Bunny will be a hoppin-in’ guy this weekend, as he and his army of helpers will be making rabbit tracks across Marengo and Iowa County to visit children. In Marengo, the Kiwanis Club and Pioneer-Republican of Iowa County are co-sponsoring the 49th annual Easter Bunny visit for children, from 10 a.m. to noon [...]

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ACCVB works to keep Colonies top tourism destination

March 14, 2012 Amana Colonies news

By MELINDA WICHMANN As the recession fades into the past, the Amana Colonies are striving to maintain the seven villages’ status as a prominent Iowa tourism destination. “The Amana Colonies have long been recognized as one of the state’s top tourism sites,” says Sarah Tarnowski, executive director of the Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau. [...]

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Tiffin officials consider long-term needs

March 14, 2012 Amana Colonies news

By BRIAN RATHJEN TIFFIN – A long-needed extension of Ireland Avenue to U.S. Highway 6, upgrades to the city’s water system, surfacing a major residential arterial street and a new city hall building. Those are some of the capital improvement projects that Tiffin officials identified as long-term improvement needs during a meeting Feb. 22. Mayor [...]

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Mackenzie’s death inspires call for tougher teen licensing laws

March 14, 2012 Amana Colonies news

By LEE HERMISTON of the Iowa City Press-Citizen IOWA CITY – Motor vehicle fatalities involving teenage drivers affect thousands of Iowa families every year. In 2011, the Lowns became one of those affected families. “I lost my daughter on Oct. 18, 2011,” said Michael Lown, father of Mackenzie Lown. “Mackenzie was my only child. She was [...]

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REMEMBERING RUSSELL: Friends, relatives remember community, business leader; Hawkeye, theater fan

March 14, 2012 Amana Colonies news

By ANDREA FURLONG Russell Sandersfeld was someone who made a lasting impression on nearly everyone he met. For people dining in Colony Village, the restaurant business he co-owned with his wife, brother and sister-in-law for 45 years, that meant a tune from Russell or a joke or conversation before their plate was cleaned. For family [...]

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DNR hosts meeting on hunting and trapping regulations March 6 in Middle Amana

March 6, 2012 Amana Colonies news

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will host a public meeting from 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, in Middle Amana, to discuss possible changes in the hunting and trapping regulations for this fall. The meeting will be held at Clear Creek Amana Elementary School, 3023 220th Trail, Middle Amana. Enter through the library [...]

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Parents sue driver, car owner in aftermath of fatal U.S. 6 accident

March 4, 2012 Amana Colonies news

By Lee Hermiston Iowa City Press-Citizen The parents of a Clear Creek Amana High School student killed in an October car crash are suing their daughter’s classmate and the woman who owned the car. Clear Creek Amana freshman Mackenzie Lown was a passenger in a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina driven by 18-year-old Zachary Swenka on the [...]

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