Ice Cream Social Benefits Historical Society
By Stewart Warren Made-Rite sandwiches, delicious slices of pie and hand-dipped ice cream will once again bring the community together when the Coggon Community Historical Society ho…
Help Make a Difference: Coggon Lions Club Seeks New Members
By Stewart Warren For years, the members of the Coggon Lions Club have pitched in whenever help was needed. They’ve worked on community events, festivals and activities. They raise m…
Summer Intern a Natural at Nature
Eleven years ago, Madeline Greene was a young wife and mother, who was uprooted from Louisiana and transplanted in Iowa. Today the mother of three is a naturalist summer intern, for th…
Wild berries the weekly theme at Wickiup Hill
Wickiup Hill Learning Center, 10260 Morris Hills Road, Toddville, is teaching kids about berries this week. On Monday, the kids learned about what the berry vines look like, when to pi…
Brown Farm Pioneer Days Brings Farming History to Life
By Stewart Warren The rumble of antique tractors, the whistle of steam-powered engines and the unmistakable red of International Harvester machinery will draw visitors once again to …
Temporary Data Center Moratorium passed for unincorporated Linn County
Linn County, Iowa –July 1 - The Linn County Board of Supervisors has approved an 18-month moratorium (pause) on accepting new applications to rezone property to the EU-3 Large-Scale Da…
Tractor Ride Honors Man who Lived the Spirit of the Linn County Fair
By Cindy Petersen Stephen Martin may have left this world four years ago, but his memory u\is still alive at the Linn County Fair in Central City. Martin was a lifelong farmer and a d…
Five Things About July You Might Not Know
Declaration of Independence - When the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. However, the actual vote for independence occurred two days earlier, and m…
Summer is Heating Up
By Cindy Petersen “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” How often have we heard that one? Iowans are used to the summer heat and humidity, but even so, it can be hard not to complai…
Center Point’s Local High School Soccer Star Teaches Kids’ Camp
By Stewart Warren When Tate Krebsbach looked around his hometown this year, he saw an opportunity. It was his third summer as a seasonal worker for Center Point’s Parks and Recre…
Dyersville Democrat Running for Senate Seat
By Stewart Warren Mary Ungs-Sogaard wants to represent District 33. She’ll try to beat the incumbent, Senator Carrie Koelker, a republican, in the Nov. 3 general election. Ungs-…
St. John the Evangelist Church is Changing, Not Closing
By Stewart Warren There’s a rumor in Coggon about St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, and it’s not exactly true. People are saying that the church, 211 Third Street North, is …
DNR Replace Bear-Resistant Trash Cans to Park
By Cindy Petersen The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is placing bear-resistant trash cans at state parks, as more black bears are expected to visit Iowa from Minnesota and …
Free Webinars for Small Businesses
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Food Innovation and Business Hub, a resource that helps Iowa entrepreneurs develop successful food businesses, will continue its monthly …
Linn County 4th of July Events
**CORRECTION** Troy Mills WILL NOT have fireworks this year! Central City 7 am - 2 pm - Celebrate the 4th of July in a big way in the small town of Central City - live music, food and …
Graybeards older, but wiser, soldiers of the Civil War
By Cindy Petersen Iowa recruited a regiment of men over the age of 45 called the “graybeards,” officially known as the 37th Iowa Infantry Regiment. They served from October 1862 until…