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Lifestyle Briefs

Rotary donates to WCHS dance marathon

The Webster City Rotary Club made a donation of $501 to the Webster City High School dance marathon coming up in April. Rotary President Anne Blankenship, right, presented the check to students Charlie Stansfield, Katelyn Casady and Jenna McKinney at a recent meeting.

Gnomes and cold wax painting

Legacy Learning Boone River Valley is offering some opportunities to explore creativity during March with new workshops. Learn to make Lucky Leprechaun Gnomes on Saturday, March 12 at 719 Seneca St., Webster City. Instructor Jen Berte will offer two sessions of the workshop. Participants can ...

‘Dollies and Dishes’ is topic of Women’s Club program

The March 14 meeting of the Webster City Women’s Club will showcase a program “Dollies and Dishes” by Marilyn Middleton. She will have on display many of the popular dolls from the 1950’s and 1960’s from her collection, giving interesting details about each one. “The program will be ...

Virtual book discussion set

County residents are invited to join a book discussion of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valerie Kaur on March 29 over a zoom link. Ten copies of the book Hamilton are available to check out at Kendall Young Library. An insert in the book will inform how to ...

Opera House to host jam

BLAIRBSURG — A jam session is planned for Friday, Feb. 25 at the Blairsburg Opera House. The jam session will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Musicians, dancers and listeners are invited to attend.

Garden club to meet Feb.23

The Town and Country Garden Club will meet Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. Members are asked to use the southwest doors of the church. The meeting will be in the social hall. The program will be presented by Alys Kehoe about how to attract birds to yards and the ...