One of our most loyal “regulars” at the Lake Mills Public Library is John Grunhovd. He can be seen walking in our doors weekly (if not more) and we welcome his presence every single time he does.
Tickets for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, produced by BrickStreet Theatre, went on sale Monday, March 25. The show will be performed April 26-28 and May 3-5, in BrickStreet’s 1305 Hwy. 69 S. location in Forest City. The curtain opens at 7 p.m.
Tickets for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, produced by BrickStreet Theatre, went on sale Monday, March 25. The show will be performed April 26-28 and May 3-5, in BrickStreet’s 1305 Hwy. 69 S. location in Forest City. The curtain opens at 7 p.m.
Heidi Thompson of Forest City was honored at BrickStreet Theatre’s first Volunteer Recognition event on Tuesday, March 12. She was their board of directors’ unanimous choice for the newly established Mary Beth Wooldridge Volunteerism Award.
Representative Jane Blooming-dale (R-Northwood) has announced her re-election bid for Iowa House District 60.
With an invitation in hand to a wedding in India, Al and Willie Skellenger, Lake Mills, decided to partner with their four adult kids (and one spouse), to take a once in a lifetime trip together.

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Brian Budach (top photo) and Joe Lair (bottom photo) were chosen as winners of the Singelstad Hardware $500 Shopping Giveaway. They were selected at random from entries submitted at the store over the past several months. Budach and his wife picked out several items for their home. Lair chose a...
Do you sometimes wonder what that bright star is that you keep seeing in the nighttime sky? Maybe it’s not even a star at all. To find out what you’re seeing, plan to attend the Winnebago County Conservation Board’s Summer Stargazing program at the Pilot Knob State Park tower. The program will be...
by conrad bascom lake Mills graphic Borderfest 2018—Emmons’ preeminent summer fete—is due to kick off Friday night, Aug. 10, on Main Street in Emmons, Minn. This year, Borderfest will be graced by the presence of two visiting dignitaries, both of whom have been designated as the Border Parade’s...
by Bonnie Kay Baldwin lake Mills graphic A little over one month ago, 11 youth and four adults from the area, experienced a life-changing event. High school students and chaperones from One In Christ Lutheran Parish and Salem Lutheran Church attended the 2018 Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald encourages Iowa State Fair visitors to stop by the College Savings Iowa booth and register for a chance to win the College Savings Iowa Giveaway for their child or grandchild. “Be sure to visit our booth in the Varied Industries Building and register to win $1,000...
The North Iowa Area Community College John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (NIACC JPEC) conducted the Youth Entrepreneurial Academy, July 9-13, sponsored by the John K. and Luise V. Hanson Foundation. The academy is offered annually and free to all high school students interested in...
BY CONRAD BASCOM LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC On the first Tuesday in August of 1984, two and a half million people—spread across 400 communities and 23 states—switched on their front lights, marched out their front doors, and stood as silent sentinels on porch and stoop alike in an almost-militant show of...
Kyra Reps, Northwood, is a semifinalist for the 2018 AQS QuiltWeek®–Fall Paducah, Ky., Sept. 12-15, at the Schroeder Expo and Carroll Convention Center in Paducah. Reps has been chosen to display the quilt, “South for the Winter,” (pictured above) along with 300 others in this second annual quilt...
BY BONNIE KAY BALDWIN LAKE MILLS GRAPHIC Making an appearance during this year’s annual July 4th parade, Scarville, was a unique entry—a one-horse hitch pulling a carriage with a ‘young’ couple riding on it. The sign posted behind them drew quite a few chuckles as it said two conflicting things...
The Top of Iowa Quilt Club would like to honor Bill Bakken as our veteran of the month. Bill served from July 1954 through July 1956. He did his basic training at Fort Chaffee, Ark. After that, he spent a couple of months at Fort Dix and Camp Kilmer in New Jersey, leaving in December 1954 enroute...

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