The 88th annual Dayton Rodeo will ride in again Labor Day weekend on Aug. 29 - Sept 1. For more than eight decades, the Dayton Rodeo has attracted large audiences from across Iowa to experience bull riding, barrel racing, youth mutton busting, and wild horse races. Returning this year ...
Comedia Musica Players will conduct auditions for its fall production of the musical “Something Rotten!” on Tuesday and Wednesday. Roles are open to all persons entering ninth grade as of fall 2025 or older. Both sessions begin at 6:30 p.m. at Historic Phillips Auditorium, 1015 Fifth Ave. N. Audition packets are available by visiting Comedia’s website at www.comediamusica.com/auditioninfo. Auditions will consist of singing and reading lines. To learn more about the show, visit www.mtishows.com. Performance dates will be Nov. 13 through 15, with regular rehearsals beginning the ...
PALMER — Plans are underway for the 41st Wiegert Prairie Fall Fest. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Wiegert Prairie Farmstead, 27061 615th St., Palmer. Don’t miss this chance to visit an original 1900 farmstead and virgin prairie and experience firsthand our family and farming heritage. The fall fest is an annual celebration of the Wiegert family and a way of life now largely passed, but still a deep part of rural northwest Iowa’s heritage. The Wiegert farm is an historic pioneer- era farmstead that never had electricity or running water and was farmed ...
It’s an assignment that has been around probably as long as school houses have been open. When returning to classes, students are often asked to write about “How I spent my summer vacation.” But what about the other side of the teacher’s desk? Teachers enjoy some time off over ...
They live among us, artists creating in every medium. Now, several area artists have their work featured at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum as part of a juried show called “Small Works 24x24x24.” It’s on display in the upstairs gallery of the museum until Aug. 30. Artists were ...
Quilt makers and quilt owners, it is time to get those special quilts entered for the Sac County Quilt-A-Fair. The quilt show takes place on Sept. 19-20, but registration forms for quilts to be displayed must be completed in advance. They are due on Aug. 21. Print copies of the registration forms are available in Sac County libraries. Forms can also be downloaded and printed from the barn quilt web site: www.barnquilts.com. Only the registration form is due in August; the quilts themselves do not need to be delivered until September, just prior to Quilt-A-Fair dates. Completed ...
