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Providing special music for the Palm Sunday worship service at Trinity UM Church were Mary Wendt at the organ and Lori Willert at the piano playing “All Glory Laud and Honor” plus Sue Cowell playing her violin with Mary at the piano playing “What a Friend we have in Jesus.” Following the service...
By JoAnn Lower
This time of year Sue Hill would usually be enjoying the sun in Arizona, where she’s spent the past 21 winters. This year, because of the pandemic, she decided to stay home on her acreage near Plymouth. When son-in-law Andy asked her what she would do cloistered at home all winter,...
Proud parents Marcus Brandt and Maddie Eilertson of Mason City, welcomes Keagan Paul Brandt who was born on February 18, 2021 at 1:07 p.m. at MercyOne North Iowa. He weighed nine pounds eight ounces and was 21 inches long.
Grandparents are Misty and Tom Hakes, Kensett; Beth and Nathan Buehrer,...
Somewhere in my ongoing quest for new cookbooks I found “Life Together Heartland Community Cookbook.” Heartland Community is an intentional town that was established to provide a second chance to people who are struggling with life. Located in Northeast Missouri it provides a Christian-based year-...
The Bolan Trinity UM Women met on Thursday afternoon. The “A Call to Prayer and Self-Denial” lesson was given which was entitled “She Leads: Empowering Women to Make a Difference” written by Grace Musuka, a UM Women’s Regional Missionary serving the work and Leadership of the UMW organizations in...
A long-ago cookbook collector friend of mine, Lisa Watson, worked at the Flat River Community Library in Greenville, Michigan. Lisa was involved in the publishing of “The Overdue Cookbook...shhh!” (2004, Morris Press Cookbooks, Kearney, Nebraska). A clever idea this cookbook committee had was to...
On Sunday, February 28 the Grove Progressive Farmers 4-H Club had their first in person meeting at Worth County Extension office.
We had elections for officers. The officers are Teagan Johnson as president, Justin Mills as vice president, Tyler Mills as treasure, Maya Johnson as reporter, Layla...
The Academic High Honor and Honor lists (Dean's lists) for the past fall semester at Minnesota State University, Mankato, have been announced by interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Matt Cecil.
Erika Heideman, of Northwood, was named to the High Honor List.
Among 3,861...
We’ve been blessed with some nice weather lately, and I know we all hope it can stay that way until Iowa spring is truly here!
National Library week is fast approaching and will be here April 4 - 10. This year’s theme is “Welcome to your library!” There’s no better time than #NationalLibraryWeek...
As those who have read my column for years know, I have had a long collector’s love affair with community/church/family-type cookbooks. Some are published as fund-raisers and some are to preserve familiar family recipes for upcoming generations of home cooks. The recipes inside these treasures are...