Society
A cookbook collector friend from Massachusetts sent me a great gift last week. “Olson Family Cookbook: by the decendants of Martin and Selma Olson of Geneseo, North Dakota” caught her eye as she wondered if it was my family’s legacy. Printed in 2001 by Jumbo Jack’s Cookbooks in Audubon, Iowa, it’s...
Another successful summer reading program has finished up at the library, but we would not have been successful without the support of our wonderful community! Many thanks for the donations from A & I Auto, Butler Construction, Dewey Kruger, I-35 Welcome Center, Inject Diesel, Northwood Dental...
“Choice Recipes for Heroes: A Collection by Iowa Veterans’ Home” (2003, Morris Press Cookbooks, Kearney, Nebraska) seemed like a good choice for these days when heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Law enforcement officers, firefighters, members of the Armed Forces. Conservation officers and more...
Tyler and Katelyn Thofson are proud parents of a baby boy.
Calvin Lee Thofson was born at MercyOne in Mason City on August 24, 2020, at 5:35 a.m., weighing six pounds three ounces and was twenty and a half inches long.
Calvin has a brother, Carter, four years old.
Grandparents are Tim and Missy...
Jake Katcher and Megan O'Connor are proud to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Megan is the daughter of Jim and Kelli O'Connor of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. She is a 2014 graduate of Blooming Prairie High School (Awesome Bloooms!). Megan attended Rasmussen College in Mankato to...
In 2016 I visited Transylvania. It wasn’t a place on my bucket list but was recommended by someone who had been there and it was an optional extension to a river cruise in Eastern Europe. So..what the heck, you only live once and as long as I kept a lot of garlic nearby, I felt safe. The...
Waaay back in the day every household subscribed to the Saturday Evening Post magazine. It was an entertaining publication that had the most wonderful Norman Rockwell portraits on the front cover. It was oversized, just right to leave on the coffee table for the full month until another issue...
On Saturday afternoon, Scott and Lori Willert and Cole, plus Joe and Linda Nydegger, attended Grand View University Commencement at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Kelsie Willert graduated Cum Laude as a History major. Afterwards they enjoyed dining at the Drake Diner with friends. All of this...
There seems to be a Henry County in several states including Iowa. I Googled it! And in one of those counties is a group named The Henry County Porkettes. I’m not sure I would want to belong to a group that considered me a “porkette” but I suppose it’s a name given to women pork producers. “Let...
On Sunday, August 16, there will be a painting party at the Bolan Trinity UM Church.
Painting needs to be done on all the window trim. The Willert family will furnish the white paint, plus they have extra ladders and paint brushes. Everyone is welcome to come help with this project.
Of course...