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John Helmuth

Giving Big and Finding a Home

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing John Helmuth, Estimator and Project Manager at Sunrise Builders, was recognized for the company’s charitable giving with an award […]

Wednesday Warrior volunteers

Volunteer & Place: A Perfect Match

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Dan Sauerbrei has been a dedicated member of Wednesday Warriors, a volunteer group that comes weekly to maintain the […]

Fostering Farming’s Future with Frontier Co-op

Growing a new kind of farm Since George Etzel donated his family farm to Indian Creek Nature Center back in 2016, Frontier Co-op has been fully committed to realizing the […]

Practice in the Prairie summer yoga series

Connecting to Nature in her “Front Yard”

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing When Sayde Alexandrescu, MSYT, led the first Practice in the Prairie yoga session of this summer, she encouraged participants […]

New Leader Manufacturing

Spreading Good

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Spreading good is a cornerstone of the way New Leader Manufacturing does business. Based in Cedar Rapids, the company […]

Etzel Sugar Grove Farm

Permaculture: an alternative to the status quo

What is permaculture? The term “permaculture” was coined by a pair of Australian environmentalists in 1978 by condensing the phrase “permanent agriculture,” but the term speaks to concepts that are […]

Shooting Star Society

Shooting Star Society

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing On September 14, 2023 the Nature Center hosted 22 guests for its annual Shooting Star Society event. The luncheon […]

Curt Abdouch

Recollections from Curt Abdouch

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Curt Abdouch was the first director of the Indian Creek Nature Center, serving from late 1973 to early 1978. […]

Blue Bridge at Indian Creek Nature Center

Blue Bridge Arrives!

Historic Bridge Finds New Home at ICNC Preserving Local History A few years ago, when Linn County began plans to replace the historic Bertram Road Bridge, the staff at Indian […]

Floyd Sandford

Steering ICNC into the Future

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Dr. Floyd Sandford, emeritus professor of biology at Coe College, served on the steering committee that launched the Indian […]

Jean at Monarch Fest

Stewarding the Land. Building a Community.

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Jean Wiedenheft, Indian Creek Nature Center’s current Director of Land Stewardship, has been a full-time employee since 2001 and […]

The Weber Family 2023

The Webers Favorite Playground

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing John and Lynn Weber have been enjoying and supporting Indian Creek Nature Center in a number of ways since […]

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