A pair of special events that will be spread over several weekends will give area residents plenty of opportunities to enjoy fall colors and crisp autumn air. Pumpkinfest at Twin Lakes Bible Camp near Manson begins on the weekend of Sept. 26-27 and continues each weekend through Oct. ...
It is more than just a game. It is a tradition that splits Iowa households every fall, filling houses and tailgates with cardinal and gold and black and gold. The Iowa-Iowa State football series dates all the way back to 1894, making it one of the oldest rivalries in college football with ...
AMES — Iowa landowners are being asked to help document the remarkable monarch migration as thousands of butterflies make their journey south to Mexico this fall. Researchers with the Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium (IMCC) ask for assistance to identify areas where monarchs rest in ...
Over the past few months I have been sharing stories based upon the bands that Jimmy Thomas brought to Fort Dodge’s Laramar Ballroom. Here is one from 1963 when Thomas brought another iconic group to Fort Dodge. Let’s look back. The year was 1963 and one of the biggest hit records ...
THOR — More than three decades ago, a handful of teenagers plugged in their amps in a farmhouse basement just outside of town, in a space they’d soon start calling “the cave.” This Labor Day weekend, that basement band — known ever since as the Cave Band — will be inducted into ...
DAYTON — For 89 years, the Dayton Rodeo has built a reputation for bringing top professional rodeo competition to a small Iowa town and packing the hillside overlooking its arena with generations of fans every Labor Day weekend. But even those who know just how big rodeo can get in ...
