CHURDAN, Iowa, Dec. 3, 2018 — What a fine late-afternoon of music on Sunday, Dec. 2, at historic St. Patrick’s-Cedar Oratory in the northwest corner of our Greene County. The All Strings Attached Orchestra & Choir from neighboring Carroll presented its annual Christmas Cantata, this year titled “Sing Joy To All The World,” arranged by Lloyd…

IDA GROVE, Iowa, Sept. 17, 2018 — Photographer Don Poggensee says in his observations of birds in Iowa, he notices that the hummingbirds are usually the first to start moving south, “as early as the end of August or the start of September.”  So he took a few photos of ruby-throated hummingbirds, “our most common…

WINTERSET, Iowa, Aug. 15, 2018 — Photographer Don Poggensee has been taking pictures of Iowa’s Amish people for years, most often in the rural communities they’ve established in northeast Iowa, like around Hazleton.  But in early August, he spent a few days around Amish families in southern and southeast Iowa. “Every time I visit an…

DENISON, Iowa, July 22, 2018 — Photographer Don Poggensee was along the way Sunday as the 46th RAGBRAI — that’s the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — began with a hilly ride from Onawa to Denison. Today, Monday, July 23, the riders roll on to Jefferson for their next overnight stay. …

ELDORADO, Iowa, Oct. 31, 2017 — Photographer Don Poggensee reports that in mid-October, he did a three-day, 875 mile drive from his home in Ida Grove on east across northern Iowa and back, taking photos all along the way.  “We saw a lot of fall color,” he said, “and we took some time to record…