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Elk Township Historical Society to host open house Saturday

The Elk Township Historical Society will open the doors for its September open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. The museum is located in the old Scandia School, at the four corners in Scandia. The society includes a restored 1800s classroom and museum of early Elk Township history ...

Northeastern Primitive Rendezvous continues through Saturday

Taking a step back into life before 1840 is just a short drive outside of Sugar Grove this week. Located on rolling hills and sprawling acres at 2911 Stoney Run Road, the National Rendezvous and Living History Foundation encampment is a living history dedicated to the preservation and ...

‘High-stakes struggle’ plays out in Tidioute

World War II reenactors filled Tidioute over the weekend to recreate the battle for the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany. Reenactors were dressed in authentic and replica uniforms from 1944, with both the American camp and the Nazi Germany camp. According to the planning committee, ...

Elk Township Historical Society open Saturday

SCANDIA - Elk Township Historical Society will feature a local blacksmith demonstration at its next open house on Saturday, June 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the former Scandia School. Lifelong area resident Ron Johnson has been smithing for more than 25 years in his blacksmith shop on Scandia Road. ...

Antique Study Club meets

Photo submitted to the Times Observer The April 28 Antique Study met at the Woman’s Club of Warren Historic Waters Mansion. We welcomed three guests, Marilyn Nelson, Kathy Gustafson and Pamela Pederson. Our program entitled Silver Treasures of the Home was presented by club member Rebecca ...

Berlin still bears scars 80 years after defeat of Nazi Germany

BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival as the capital of a reunited, democratic Germany, the city is now transformed, blending ...