HOMER — The Homer Threshing Bee is 8 a.m. today and Sunday in Homer, eight miles north of Stratford on Hamilton County Road R21. The bee will feature Hart-Parr, Oliver and Cockshutt tractors and equipment, antique displays and demonstrations. Admission is $5 per person and is good for both days.
GOWRIE — Gowrie citywide garage sales are Sept. 5 and 6 in Gowrie. Most sales will start at 8 a.m. For a list of addresses, visit: www.gowrie.org.
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 ...
Grace Lutheran Church is holding a worship in the park at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at the Bob Heun Shelter House at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, 1415 Nelson Ave. There will be a finger food brunch following the service.
OTHO — Otho United Methodist Church, Otho, is hosting a live concert starring Chuck Crain, of Branson, Missouri, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Everyone is welcome to attend. A love offering will be taken for Crain.
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 ...
