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Looking to learn more about Iowa’s German history?
Looking to learn more about Iowa's German History? German immigrants historically were the second largest immigrant group (behind people from the British Isles) to settle in Iowa. Immigrants from Germany settled in every Iowa county. No other immigrant group...
Oktoberfest!
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July 2015 Newsletter
It’s Clean! Clean up Day in April was successful, even though it rained. The National Honor Society kids and the FFA kids came out early in the week and picked up sticks and cleaned the grounds so the Saturday work was all inside. And there...
IGTA’s Ag Itinerary Guide is here!
Manning Heritage Park was mentioned in the IGTA Ag Itineraries "If your kids wonder why they have to share a room with their siblings, you can tell them it could be worse! In 17th century Germany, it was a common practice for a farmer’s house (bauernhaus) to be shared...
January 2015 Newsletter
Good-bye to 2014! Oktoberfest was a great event. The German-American Society from Omaha came to do the keg tapping, there was beer tasting from three brew pubs, a banjo duo from Germany happened to be in the country and entertained and the Barry Boyce Band got the...
July 2014 Newsletter
Showers Lead to Flowers The April newsletter suggested that you help us with flowers and, wow, you really did. In fact, we are using some of the donations to fix windows in the farmhouse so we can work on the kitchen flower garden below them. And, Sam Musfeldt is...