Country Character correction: Stan's Bait Shop phone number is 712-338-2586. Ask for Mason to purchase the fishing lures!
Country Character correction: Stan's Bait Shop phone number is 712-338-2586. Ask for Mason to purchase the fishing lures!
Country Character correction: Stan's Bait Shop phone number is 712-338-2586. Ask for Mason to purchase the fishing lures!
It’s fun! Upbeat! And different from any magazine you’ve ever seen! Welcome to Our Iowa, the magazine that celebrates all that’s great about living in Iowa.
June/July 2025
June/July 2025
Keokuk was a place of healing for Civil War wounded after battles, and for some, their eternal resting place.
Reiman Gardens is a destination where memories bloom for thousands who visit annually to enjoy its beauty.
Featuring a summertime photo tour of our byways and backroads. When you can't take a drive...browse these pages instead!
Hosting church services means the house got a good floor-to-ceiling cleaning. Many hands pitched in to help!
My name is Cristen, and I’m an Iowa farmer. In my family we raise corn, soybeans and pigs. I love cooking, writing and sharing contest winning recipes with people I know. Memories made in the kitchen are some of the most treasured memories I have. I am a mom of two—a daughter who loves pigs and sports, and a son who loves pigs, tractors and…tractors. He gets that nowhere strange as I, too, love big tractors.
Steve is a self-taught weather observer and student of weather folklore from Lowden. His observations come from his decades-long hobby of keeping meteorological logs and studying old weather records and almanacs. He teaches readers about weather trends, planet movements and what the forecast means for our crops!
Mary writes our Amish Diary, cataloguing a week in her life for each issue. You won’t see her picture, because Amish adults don’t wish to have close-up photos taken of themselves, but what you will get is a peek inside the daily life of our Amish neighbors. Mary, along with her husband and children, raise dairy goats and have a flock of 2,000 laying hens.
Alene Bailey is our June/July featured cook from Ankeny. Alene's zucchini casserole is a hit at every potluck, and the recipe has been shared many times over! And she didn't come by it easily, either. "My mother tried very hard to teach me to cook when I was young, but I simply wasn't interested," laughs Arlene. When she had her own family to cook for though, she had to learn by trail and error!
My name is Cristen, and I’m an Iowa farmer. In my family we raise corn, soybeans and pigs. I love cooking, writing and sharing contest winning recipes with people I know. Memories made in the kitchen are some of the most treasured memories I have. I am a mom of two—a daughter who loves pigs and sports, and a son who loves pigs, tractors and…tractors. He gets that nowhere strange as I, too, love big tractors.
Steve is a self-taught weather observer and student of weather folklore from Lowden. His observations come from his decades-long hobby of keeping meteorological logs and studying old weather records and almanacs. He teaches readers about weather trends, planet movements and what the forecast means for our crops!
Mary writes our Amish Diary, cataloguing a week in her life for each issue. You won’t see her picture, because Amish adults don’t wish to have close-up photos taken of themselves, but what you will get is a peek inside the daily life of our Amish neighbors. Mary, along with her husband and children, raise dairy goats and have a flock of 2,000 laying hens.
Alene Bailey is our June/July featured cook from Ankeny. Alene's zucchini casserole is a hit at every potluck, and the recipe has been shared many times over! And she didn't come by it easily, either. "My mother tried very hard to teach me to cook when I was young, but I simply wasn't interested," laughs Arlene. When she had her own family to cook for though, she had to learn by trail and error!
