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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Last Thursday and Friday GLADBROOK-REINBECK sent two teams of students to participate in the 2017 “Battle of the Books” in Cedar Falls. The students have been reading, studying and quizzing each other for many months to prepare! Their hard work paid off when on Thursday, the Elementary Team ...

Garwin Roughriders

On April 2, the Garwin Roughriders completed a service project at the Second Chance Thrift Store in Marshalltown. The club members learned how the thrift store serves low income and immigrant communities in Marshalltown and then passes on profits from the store to support orphans living in ...

Alpha Study

On March 28 JoAnne Sash hosted the Alpha Study Club at the Methodist Church. President, Pat Goos, opened the meeting with Bookish Problem #59; Wishing everyone would stop worrying about the fact that you love being left alone to read! President Goos welcomed new member Carolyn Anker. ...

MCC Phi Theta Kappa inducts new members

MARSHALLTOWN Thirty-four new members were inducted into Marshalltown Community College's Alpha Iota Rho Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the two-year college on March 30.The Phi Theta Kappa organization recognizes academic achievement at the community college ...

21st annual Vintage Music Festival

The 21st annual VINTAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL will take place on Sunday, April 2nd, from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Amvets Post 49, 1934 Irving Street in Cedar Falls.The Vintage Music Festival is a fun-filled day of musical entertainment, food, drink and dancing! This family-friendly event is for ...

Spring Fling coming Saturday, April 8

Easter is almost here and with it comes "Spring Fling" at Colfax Center Church. All families with children ages toddlers thru 5th grade are invited to attend, Saturday, April 8, from 12:00-2:00 p.m., at the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church, 18935 K Avenue, Holland, Iowa, 319.824.5231.Come ...

Grundy Center Farmer’s Market seeking vendors

The 2017 Grundy Center Farmers Market Advisory Committee is excited to begin accepting applications for the 2017 Grundy Center Farmers Market season!The Grundy Center Farmers Market will remain Thursday evenings from 4:30 6:30 p.m. and will run from May 18, 2017 through September 28, 2017. All ...

Paint Iowa Beautiful

Des Moines--Diamond Vogel Paint and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2017 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. The program is administered through Keep Iowa Beautiful with the paint ...

Northeast Iowa weavers & spinners guild

The Northeast Iowa Weavers and Spinners Guild will host its annual Spring event on Saturday, April 22nd from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 23 from noon until 4 p.m. at 3257 W. 4th Street in Waterloo (next to the Ansborough Ave. Hy-Vee).Guild artisans will be demonstrating on weaving ...

Gallery talk planned April 17 for new art exhibit

WATERLOOHawkeye Community College will host artist Naomi B. McCormick, Ph.D., for a gallery talk on Monday, April 17, at 1:00 p.m. in Black Hawk Hall on Hawkeye's Main Campus, 1501 East Orange Road, Waterloo.The exhibit, Japan: A Visual Journey, is McCormick's first solo exhibition and features ...