The Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave., will be holding Brown Bag Briefings beginning at noon Thursday and continuing on Thursdays through Oct. 23. The briefing Thursday will be a presentation by Carol Grannon on the new surgical unit that is being built at Unity Point Health — ...

First United Methodist Church, 127 N. 10th St., is holding a rummage sale from 1 to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 10 and from 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 11. Enter the church on the west side, steps or elevator. On Oct. 11 only, large items will be half price and a bag will be $4.

The Daybreak Rotary bowl of chili and jumbo cinnamon roll supper is 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Fifth Ave. N. The supper is drive through only. Tickets are $10 per person. Call Letitia at 515-570-8936 for tickets.

The city of Fort Dodge and Webster County Conservation are holding a trail clean up of the Prairie Rivers Trail Corridors from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 4. Groups or individuals will meet at River’s Edge Discovery Center, 20 N. First St. There will be a complimentary lunch after the clean up ...

Webster County Conservation is holding a live bats program at 10 a.m. Sept. 27 at the Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery Center, 20 N. First St. The presenter is Kim White, the Natural Naturalist, from Chicago. Learn more about bats and see live bats on-hand. Bats are not blind or dirty ...

The Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave., is holding teen crafternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the library’s large meeting room. Teens in seventh through 12th grades can try out one of the library’s crafts or bring one from home. Relax, hang out with others and enjoy light snacks.