On October 9, 1825, a ship carrying 52 Norwegians entered the New York harbor, looking to find a better life in the United States. This was the first organized migration from Norway to North America, ...

YEARS IN PRISON. A ROYAL VISIT IS UNDERWAY HERE IN IOWA TODAY. CROWN PRINCE HAAKON OF NORWAY IS IN DECORAH IN NORTHEAST IOWA. HE’S NEXT IN LINE FOR THE NORWEGIAN THRONE. HIS VISIT CELEBRATES 200 YEARS ...

A member of Norway’s royal family has visited northeast Iowa to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the first organized migration from Norway to the United States. Crown Prince Haakon’s visit to ...

Vesterheim’s celebration includes family events and an online presentation from Norway, which can be watched from the comfort of home or together with others at the museum. Admission is free all day, ...

Learn about Northeast Iowa's Norwegian heritage at Vesterheim. Learn about Northeast Iowa's Norwegian heritage at Vesterheim. Road Trip Iowa is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. And we all remember the early days of the lockdown, and the things we were doing — and buying — while we were stuck at ...

Vesterheim, the National Norwegian American Museum and Folk Art School in Decorah, recently announced that with an additional new donation, Mary Jo (Hanson) Boman and the Hanson Family Foundation have ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of our on-site look at Viking Mississippi’s “America’s Heartland” cruise. Our first story outlined the pre-cruise stay, St. Louis, Alton, IL, and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A museum filled with Norwegian American history has a new addition to its campus in Our Town Decorah. Beth Hoven Rotto is a guest curator for an exhibition beginning Aug.

TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect. A West Branch woman turned 100 earlier ...