DULUTH, Minn. -- The sheltered, simple life of a traditional religious colony isn't what it appears on the surface, say members of a group who rejected their upbringing and are making a new life for ...

Nurse Kerri Lutjens looks over Rylan Hofer, an 8-month-old Hutterite, during a home visit at the Tschetter Colony near Olivet, South Dakota. AP OLIVET, S.D. — A spaghetti dinner with people in prairie ...

OLIVET, S.D. – A spaghetti dinner with people in prairie dress and a church service in German is all in a day's work for Kerri Lutjens. The 33-year-old nurse, who doesn't speak German, has spent the ...

Lisa Marie Stahl became a newspaper columnist when she was just 15, writing about the traditions and day-to-day activities of her Hutterite colony in north-central Montana. Her slice-of-life columns ...

GILDFORD, Mont. — Some weeks, Lisa Marie Stahl writes about the most routine Hutterite happenings — a special meal at the colony or cattle branding. Other times, though, she answers questions she ...

The Hutterian Brethren, or Hutterites, is a religious group originating from the Reformation in the 16th century. Hutterites and Mennonites (and the Amish) share common roots. Both sects are ...

OLIVET, S.D. (AP) — A spaghetti dinner with people in prairie dress and a church service in German is all in a day’s work for Kerri Lutjens. The 33-year-old nurse, who doesn’t speak German, has spent ...

GILDFORD — Some weeks, Lisa Marie Stahl writes about the most routine Hutterite happenings — a special meal at the colony or cattle branding. Other times, though, she answers questions she knows ...

GILDFORD -- Some weeks, Lisa Marie Stahl writes about the most routine Hutterite happenings -- a special meal at the colony or cattle branding. Other times, though, she answers questions she knows non ...

In their own personal chapter, nine ex-Hutterites write about a way of life they describe as a "very oppressive regime." All were members of a colony from the time they were born in the 1980s until ...