Although we now associate Sioux County and Orange City with tulips, wooden shoes, and all things Dutch, Orange City was not the county’s first seat of government. Calliope (pronounced Cal-ee-ope), a ...

For the last few days, a nostalgic sound has been wafting through the Folklife Festival. It’s a familiar sound but from a likely unfamiliar musical instrument. This is the calliope (pronounced kuh-LIE ...