Bob McLaughlin, Lake Mills, and his grandson, Owen, celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in style, putting on their kilts and tam-o-shanters for the occasion. Owen is the three-month-old son of Curran and Skye McLaughlin, Garner.
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There are four performances left of “Pirates of Penzance” which is being held at Forest City High School—7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 26, 27, and 28, and a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, July 29. The “Pirates of Penzance” is often credited as the start of modern musical theatre. Written in...
A week-long July Jubilee day camp was held last week at Salem Lutheran Church, sponsored by participating LMAMA (Lake Mills Area Ministerial Association) churches and led by EWALU Camp and Retreat Center staff, Strawberry Point. Three counselors from the camp led the morning activities of camp...
“Vote Dry October 15th” Those words would appear on the underside of the wings of an airplane scheduled to fly across the state in 1917. The plane’s tail would be painted in red, white and blue stripes.
The Iowa General Assembly had set October 15 as the day voters would vote to ratify a state...
BY CONRAD BASCOM
LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC
Puckerbrush Days has been a Forest City institution since before it was even dubbed Puckerbrush Days in 1986. Prior to the name change, the street fair was known as Frontier Days—and the festivities commenced a little closer to the summer solstice in June. Of...
Early in 1948 the Iowa Aeronautics Commission released a survey of aviation in the state. Conducted by a team of professors in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Iowa, the survey revealed there were about 1,000 planes used for private and business purposes in the state and...
The annual 5K Run/Walk was held early Saturday morning, July 14, with over 90 participants. Results were as follows:
Overall Winner–Carson Rygh
with a time of 20:18 (#92)
Female (12 and Under)—
Kenzie Childers (#4)
Female (13-17)—
Hannah Lamphere (#53)
Female (18-24)—Paige Kvale (#80)...
Little Mr. & Miss July Jubilee were crowned Friday evening, July 13. Pictured above are Berkley Dean, son of Gary and Alissa Gomez-Dean, and Addy Sletten, daughter of Nate and Mindy Sletten.
Ninety degree weather didn’t stop the crowd from attending the Scarville Fourth of July celebration. Many were decked out in patriotic colors, enjoying the candy and freeze pops that parade entries threw to them. Little ones protected their ears from the sirens and some even walked in the parade...
“Let him stay there. Maybe he can catch his wife when she comes flying over the ropes,” Clara (Muscles) Mortensen issued that statement to the husband of her wrestling opponent Mildred Burke in a bout in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1937. Mortensen was defending her five-year reign as women’s world...
BY BONNIE KAY BALDWIN
LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC
This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on a local man who hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at age 70. In his words, he describes what he heard, saw, and felt, while on his journey. Part 3 next week will be a summary on what he feels he gained from this once-...
