How did the concept of this exhibition come about? “The pictures had already been taken and partially edited when Eric (Eric Anderson, director of the Blanden Memorial Art Museum) offered the exhibition space and time at the Blanden. Sharing this rather personal photo essay in a museum ...
Growing older is the greatest risk factor for acquiring Parkinson’s disease and many people live with symptoms for several years before being diagnosed. Often people in early stages of Parkinson’s disease assume their symptoms are part of normal aging or are due to other health problems ...
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be holding a hands-on workshop to teach proper pruning techniques for fruit trees in Humboldt and Fort Dodge on Tuesday. Dr Suzanne Slack, assistant professor of fruit production at Iowa State University, will be sharing her knowledge on ...
The second in a series of three indoor winter concerts by the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will be held on Sunday afternoon, March 23rd, at the Fort Dodge Middle School Auditorium, 800 North 32nd Street. There is no admission, since these concerts are provided free of charge by ...
The Friends of the Fort Dodge Library announce this spring’s installment of the Brown Bag Briefings. They are held every Thursday at noon in the meeting room of the Fort Dodge Library. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch. Water, coffee and cookies will be provided. The briefings ...
WEBSTER CITY — Kendall Young Library will be having adult programs throughout the month of April. Adult Book Club — Kendall Young Library invites you to join in the April Book Club discussion about “The Nature of Fragile Things” by Susan Meissner. Books are available at the adult ...
First Covenant Church, 201 Ave. H, will offer a 13 week GriefShare support group beginning April 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the church. It is designed to offer hope and healing after the death of a loved one. The group will consist of a video seminar, group discussion and a personal workbook. ...
BADGER — Badger Fire and Rescue will hold an all you can eat omelet breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. April 13 at the Badger Fire Station. The menu is omelets, toast, sausage, juice, milk and coffee. Tickets are $10 per person, children ages 10 and under are free. There will also be a raffle. ...
There aren’t many things worse than unintentionally sliding on the ice. You know it’s going to happen before it does, and that makes it worse. You slip, recombobulate, whirl your arms and adjust, them boom, down you go anyhow. Slipping on ice is not fun, never mind driving on it — ...
Kick Back for Kids car wash fundraiser is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 5 at Optic Ink, 1210 First Ave. N. All proceeds will go to help kids with school supplies.
Fingers on the second, third, and fourth strings. Placed correctly, that’s how you make a chord on the guitar; the joke is that you only need to know three out of five chords to sing country music. Get ‘em right, and you could be a star — unless you’re a woman and then, as in “Her ...
LAKE VIEW —After recently being recognized as Iowa’s 2019 “Outstanding Event” by the Iowa Tourism Office and Travel Federation of Iowa, the Stone Pier Summer Concert Series is once again ready to rock the boats this summer on Black Hawk Lake. In its ninth season, the concert series ...
Katie Finnegan and Matthew Marvin, both of Ypsilanti, Michigan, were married Oct. 19, 2024, at Camp Courageous, Monticello, Iowa, with the Rev. Kendall Meyer officiating. Parents of the couple are Jim and Lori Finnegan, of Otho, and Paul and Sherry Marvin, of Dewitt. Maid of honor was ...
CARMEL, Ind. — Katelynn E. Anderson and Colin J. Flattery, of Carmel, Indiana, are engaged. A Sept. 28, 2024, wedding is planned. Parents of the couple are Jeff and Renee Anderson, of Carmel, Indiana, and Dan and Roxanne Flattery, of Fort Dodge. Anderson is a graduate of St. Theodore ...
Tanner and Kinzi Kampen
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Heather Kolupailo and Joel Hedeen, both of Bloomington, Minnesota, were married May 26, 2024, at W.A. Frost and Co. in St. Paul, Minnesota. Parents of the couple are Rod and Jamie Steininger, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Larry and Kathy Hedeen, of Fort Dodge. The ...
The Rev. James Tigges, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. April 6 in the Tompkins Celebration Center at Friendship Haven, 420 Kenyon Road. Cards may be sent to him at 100 Hilltop Road, B2, Fort Dodge, IA 50501. Tigges was born on April 4, ...
Ron and Nancy Nelson, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday. Cards may be sent to them at 2814 Fourth Ave. N., Apt 1., Fort Dodge, IA 50501. Their family includes Quintin and Rhonda Nelson, of Fort Dodge, and Brandon and Ursula Nelson, of Parker, ...
FREEPORT, Ill. — Janet Siglin, formerly of Manson, will celebrate her 80th birthday on Thursday. Cards may be sent to her at 1730 S. Hance Drive, Apt. 104, Freeport, IL 61032. Her family includes her sister, Gloria Eilers, Fort Dodge; nephews Todd and Denise Eilers, of Winnebago, ...
Edward and JoAnn Becker, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Cards may be sent to them in care of the Marian Home, 2320 Sixth Ave. N., B3, Fort Dodge, IA 50501. Their family includes Sandra and Ed Warden, of Edwardsville, Illinois; Brian and Darcy ...
IOWA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OLSON — Madeline and Jeremiah Olson, Hardy, a girl, Rowan Jo Marie Olson, born Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Grandparents are Mark and Carolyn Olson, Humboldt, and Tim and Jessica Morey, Kansas City, Missouri. VORRIE — Madalyn and Adam Vorrie, Dows, a girl, Iris Mae ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LARSON — Morgan and Trevor Larson, Moorland, a girl, born Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. PRICE — Lyla and Micah Price, Rolfe, a boy, born Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. HABHAB — Hayley Habhab, Fort Dodge, a boy, born Wednesday, Feb. 12, ...
IOWA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL PERGANDE — Brianna Pergande and Bill Espinoza Jr., Webster City, a boy, Axel Dean Pergande, born Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Grandparents are Barbara Pergande, Iowa; Rodney Reed, Iowa; Becky Carothers, Arkansas; and Bill Espinoza Sr. Great-grandparents are Becky Finch, ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GAFKJEN — Madison and Kordell Gafkjen, Dayton, a girl, born Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. CASE — Breanna and Mitch Case, Fort Dodge, a girl, born Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. PARKER — Ronda and Matt Parker, Fort Dodge, a girl, born Friday, ...
