Society
Betty Crocker was never a real person but she is a BFF to home cooks now as well as in the past. Where today she shares cooking advice online, back in the day her name graced the front of many cookbooks, large and small. “Betty Crocker’s Family Dinners In A Hurry” (1977, Golden Press, New York)...
North Iowa Area Community College has announced that 768 individuals have been named to the 2019 Fall Term President’s List and Dean’s List.
Students who complete a minimum of six semester hours and earn a 3.50 – 4.00 term grade point average in an academic semester are honored by being named to...
Wow, I’ve really reached into the cookbook vault the past few weeks with vintage books that have been in my library for many years. This week it’s a Family Circle® Magazine publication from 1966. That was practically the dawn of time! “Great Ground-Beef Recipes” is a large soft cover magazine-...
The Bolan Trinity UM Church family met at the Joe and Linda Nydegger home on Tuesday evening. The coming year’s events, which includes the church’s 125th anniversary, were discussed.
Due to the snowy weather the Pancake Brunch for VBS expenses did not take place. It will now be on February 23 and...
The following students earned Dean's List recognition for the 2019 fall term at Buena Vista University.
Local students include Amy Rollene of Kensett, through BVU Mason City; Courtney Jorgensen of Grafton, through BVU Mason City and Angela Letscher of Manly, through BVU Online.
The Dean's List...
Back in the day companies often added a gift or premium with the purchase of their products. I remember my mother getting glassware and dishes out of boxes of laundry soap. Apparently Prell Shampoo® cut a deal with Better Homes and Gardens in 1971 to include a soft-cover, large-size cookbook with...
By Morgan Johnson
Library Director
Are you enjoying the snow? We hope everyone has been staying safe and warm during this snowy season, and we think one of the best ways to do that is by cuddling up with a good book. So before you head home, make sure to stop by the library to check out a book or...
During the short and sometimes dark days of mid-winter, I used to try to fool myself into thinking it wasn't so harsh by remembering each day was one day closer to April! It didn't make the temperatures seem warmer but it allowed me to focus on the coming spring and the disappearance of sub-zero...
Morgan Johnson, of Northwood, a student in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at South Dakota State University has been named to the dean's list for academic excellence after the fall 2019 semester.
To earn dean's list distinctions in SDSU's colleges, students must have completed...
I’m not sure I want to eat an egg dish every day of the year but with “365 Ways To Cook Eggs” (1996, HarperCollins, NYC) it is certainly possible. Elaine Corn has compiled so much eggy information to go along with a year’s worth of recipes that it boggles the mind. Since almost everyone enjoys...