There's a solid brick barn on Victor Yoder's property near Kalona that has seen many uses over the years, he said. It started life as an Amish homestead barn built by Joe Gingerich in 1931 and served ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An increasing number of Amish people are embracing electric bikes as a practical, affordable, and sustainable ...

Iowa Writers 'Collaborative. Linking Iowa readers and writers. Buggyland will never be Buggyland again. The New Order Amish bishop has lifted the ban on bicycles and a wave of motion has washed over ...

KALONA, Iowa — A white van, its sides covered with the words Kalona By-Ways Tours, sits parked in front of an Amish country store, a steady stream of plainly dressed men and women coming and going. “I ...

HAZLETON, Iowa – The iconic photo of Amish children fleeing into Iowa cornfields to escape school and law enforcement officers who were there to enforce compulsory public education laws turns 50 this ...

A conversation with one of her Amish neighbors near Kalona left Mary Swander feeling uneasy. It was March 13, five days after Iowa announced its first COVID-19 patient, and the elderly man Swander was ...

The man who answered the door at a farm house west of Bloomfield one afternoon in the early 1970s was an imposing figure, even without that thick beard on his chin. Gideon Yutzy was a member of the ...