DES MOINES - Legislation to allow the Amana Colonies to raise money from a hotel-motel tax was approved 21-3 on Monday by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee. The legislative change would allow ...

A boutique hotel planned for the Amana Colonies's iconic woolen mill complex will draw new visitors to one of the state's most popular tourist attractions, according to John Peterson, president and ...

Jeff Popenhagen wants those who come to the Amana Colonies to stay longer, and he's pretty confident Hotel Millwright is exactly the way to do it. "We used a preservation strategy many historic ...

Something very old in the Amana Colonies will soon be new again with a groundbreaking on Wednesday for a boutique hotel and events center. The $15-million project, called Hotel Millwright, will ...

Lately, the buildings that housed two of the four communal era Amana hotels have been in the news. New owners renovated the former Amana Hotel, long the Colony Inn, into the Millstream Brau Haus in ...

A hotel in the Amana Colonies is getting funding to keep it a historic U.S. treasure. The Save America's Treasures program is giving a $131 thousand grant to the Amana Colonies to fix up the Upper ...

AMANA COLONIES, Iowa. (KWWL) - The 59th annual Oktoberfest is underway in Amana, and is one of the largest Oktoberfest's in Iowa. The three day event is set to attract 30,000 visitors this year.

Summer 2022 arrived amid record inflation, soaring fuel prices and lingering coronavirus outbreaks. But Americans are a defiant bunch, and nearly three-quarters are planning to travel this summer, ...