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Options to help others this Halloween

Halloween is fast approaching. It’s always a fun time for kids who go out trick-or-treating and also for adults to enjoy the Halloween parties. And many people also enjoy decorating their homes for the holiday. All of these are fun events to be enjoyed. This year, however, there are a couple of new...

Big Iron Rap Charity: Crisis and Containment

To the Editor: Damage control. Damage Control. Damage control. The Big Iron Rap Festival has a PR crisis brewing. One of the organizers has a bad habit of insulting and threatening anyone from the community who asks a question. In efforts to sway public opinion they took out a full-page ad in...

Hayfield woman stays positive amidst cancer diagnosis

Dawn Frieberg has a positive outlook, and is approaching her cancer diagnosis that way. The Hayfield woman found out she had cancer on June 13, and her summer plans to spend ample time with her four-year-old grandson were upended. But that’s OK, she says. “My outlook is I’m going to beat this, go...

Oct. 28 benefit for Dawn Frieberg

A benefit to help Dawn Frieberg of Hayfield who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28. The benefit will be held at the Hayfield Pub/American Legion starting at noon. There will be a silent auction, bake sale and a meal served. It is free to attend...

Local Knights of Columbus provide ‘Coats for Kids’

If families are struggling to clothe their children with warm coats this winter, the Knights of Columbus are available to meet this basic need through the “Coats for Kids” program. St. Joseph the Worker Knights of Columbus Council #14460 from the Church of Christ the King in Byron and Holy Family...

Mantorville’s Fall Festival Oct. 28

Mantorville’s Fall Festival is just a week away. The annual event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, featuring a full day of fun events. Before the actual event, children and adults are invited to enter the Fall Festival Coloring Contest. There are categories for ages 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and adults....

Christians at war with ascendant evil

The war in Israel has sent graphic images of the reality of evil in our world to every home with a TV or an internet connection. Never before have so many been confronted with the graphic barbarity of the depraved human soul. Anyone who defend the murder, rape, torture, and kidnapping perpetrated...

Church Schedule

BAPTIST Anchor of Hope Church203 E. Main St., Dodge CenterA Seventh Day BaptistCongregationanchorofhopesdb.com10 a.m. Saturday,Worship Service11:30 a.m. Sabbath Schooldodgecentersdb.org• 374-6755 First Baptist ChurchSunday, Oct. 229:30 a.m. Sunday School10:30 a.m. Morning Worship Service Wednesday...

Mantorville Coloring Contest features local artist

This fall’s coloring contest in Mantorville is featuring a local artist. Each year, the Mantorville Chamber of Commerce sponsors a coloring contest as part of the Fall Festival in Mantorville. Karen Kay Arnold from Dodge Center has drawn four different fall pictures to be used in the contest. Three...

Former IBMers write hit musical for Mantorville Theatre Company

Many years ago, two IBM colleagues sat during lunch break and discussed what? Play writing. The two colleagues were Michael Migliacio and Jeremy Kittleston, who then wrote what is being performed now at the Mantorville Theatre Company. That murder mystery musical is “Not Another Zombie Apocalypse...