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.
Features
By Jordan Feyerherm, program associate
Center for Rural Affairs
A community garden is a way to grow delicious, fresh produce and to bring together neighbors and community members. A community garden also requires buy-in from the community, proactive planning, and ongoing maintenance.
Every...
Northwood will celebrate the Fourth of July over three days this year, July 4-6.
The Fourth of July will include a pancake breakfast, parade, Miss Northwood awards, pedal pull, horseshoe tourney, and finish off the day with fireworks at the airport at 10 p.m.
Friday evening, July 5, there will...
Steve Bakke of Bakke Law Office, Forest City, announces a merger with David Siegrist and Brian Jones of Siegrist and Jones LLP, Britt. The merged firms will be known as Siegrist, Jones, and Bakke, and will continue to operate out of the current locations at Bakke Law Office, 150 N. Clark St.,...
The Mads Hansen family from Denmark have been traveling the world for close to a year, in a Range Rover with a roof tent (pictured below) and an RV, customized by Mads. They arrived in the U.S. this spring and Iowa, this past Sunday, June 23. The family met John and Kathleen Grunhovd at Rice Lake’s...
The LMHS baseball team celebrated Throw Back Thursday, June 13, and encouraged parents to participate. Pictured above are those who went through their closets. Front row (L-R): Carrie Hanson, Marna Groe, Julie Helgeson, Gary Helgeson, Shawn Helgeson, and Karla Eaton. Back row: Scott Hanson, Krishna...
“ROAR—Life is wild and God is Good” was the theme for last week’s Vacation Bible School for One In Christ parishes and Salem Lutheran Church kids. The six parishes involved also drew in some community members, bringing the total to 113 kids.
Putting on the program were four pastors, one parish...
by Lisa Ralls
Winnebago County Naturalist
In recent years, Monarch butterflies have received a lot of attention, and rightly so, because their numbers have declined so dramatically. But, sometimes we tend to forget that there are other butterflies in Iowa and they, too, have special needs. And,...
As part of the Summer Reading Program, the RAD Zoo, from Owatonna, Minn., paid a visit to the Lake Mills Public Library last Wednesday evening, June 5. Jamie Pastika, executive director at the RAD Zoo, brought several turtles, snakes, a lizard and an alligator.
The Lake Mills High School Marching Band participated in the North Iowa Band Festival, Saturday, May 25. The band performed music from the Broadway show musical “Wicked.” Drum majors, Libby Heagel and Brianna Renneker, portrayed the two witches (Glinda and Elphaba), the color guard ladies were...
Carys Christianson and Brady Hanson, eighth grade students at LMCS, were presented the Ryan Peterson Citizenship Award last Tuesday, May 28, by Korin Peterson, sister of the late Ryan Peterson. Carys is the daughter of Jody and the late Tom Christianson. Brady is the son of Ross and Paula Hanson....
