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Church organ sparked conflict in Heyworth church
By Bill Kemp. Published on July 10, 2016.
“The devil was completely knocked out at Heyworth this morning at 2 o’clock,” declared The Daily Leader of Bloomington on Feb. 9, 1891....
Twin Cities once hosted own Chautauqua
By Bill Kemp. Published on June 9, 2019.
“The most American thing in America.” That’s what Theodore Roosevelt said of the Chautauqua movement, the popular, week-long outdoor ga...
Museum collections window to East Bay’s early years
By Bill Kemp. Published on June 22, 2020.
The COVID-19 crisis has taken many things from us—above all, the lives of 125,000 Americans. We have also lost, for a tim...