×

Lifestyle Briefs

Main Street Kiwanis Club honored

When the local FFA chapter set a goal of packaging 120,000 meals for people in need, the Main Street, USA Morning Kiwanis Club volunteered to help raise the $16,000.00 required to purchase the food. Thanks to the generous community response to the plea sent out by the club, the Kiwanis share ...

NEW Cooperative donates to 4-H clubs

The NEW Cooperative Foundation is committing to supporting local 4-H youth. Recently, the foundation donated $35,700 to 121 area 4-H clubs totaling to be 2,380 individual 4-H club members. The money is donated for half of each 4-H youth’s dues in NEW Cooperative’s trade territory, which ...

Beautifying downtown

Jann Anderson and Joan Nessa fill planters Wednesday afternoon in downtown Webster City. The Town and Country Garden Club was out in force to spruce up the downtown.

Choirs to present spring concerts

The Ames Children’s Choirs will present their annual Spring Concert on Saturday, May 22, at 3:00 p.m. at the Hickory Shelter in Brookside Park (1325 6th Street, Ames). The concert is free and open to the public. Program repertoire will range from folksongs to living composers. ...

Kroona named Woman of Year

Shelby Kroona, left, director of Hamilton County Public Health, was named as the Woman of the Year for 2020-2021 for Laureate Gamma Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority. The presentation was made by Chapter President Sheryl Asmus Monday afternoon. Asmus said the ...

Confirmation held at Williams church

Confirmation was held on Sunday, May 2 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williams. Pictured are Pastor Jeff Tjelta, brock Corn, Alicia Wahlert and Tatum Henrichs.