Community Event

🥫 Help NSB Bank support local families this fall! Donate nonperishable food items at your local NSB Bank branch from October 5 through November 20. Donations will benefit local food pantries and food banks. 🍂❤️

Join the Forest City community on Saturday, October 10 at the Forest City Senior Community Center from 7:30 AM to Noon for a French Toast Breakfast! The Senior Community Center is located at 125 North 7th St, Forest City, IA A free-will donation will be accepted. Come hungry!

🍺 Oktoberfest takes over downtown Mason City on Saturday, Oct. 10, with three stages of live music, a steinholding competition, pretzel toss, food trucks, local businesses and more.

🍝 Support The Lunchbox LIFT on Saturday, October 10, from 5–8 p.m. at the North Iowa School Commons! Enjoy lasagna, green beans, garlic toast, drinks and homemade bars for a freewill donation, with proceeds helping ensure students have the food they need to learn and thrive.

Mason City firefighters invite families to the annual Fire Prevention Open House from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, featuring hands-on activities, fire safety education and tips for safely charging batteries at home.

🍂 Celebrate fall with the Family Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 2–4 p.m. at the Winnebago County Fairgrounds in Thompson!

🍲 Enjoy a cozy fall meal at Bethlehem Lutheran Church’s Drive-Thru Harvest Soup Supper in Buffalo Center on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 4:30–6:30 p.m. Choose from chili, chicken noodle or potato corn chowder, plus a roll, apple dessert and water. Free-will donation! 🍂

🧩 Gather a team of four for the Fall Harvest Puzzle Race on October 15! Social hour begins at 6 p.m., with the race starting at 7 p.m. Registration is $80 per team.

👻 Celebrate the 10th Annual Lake Mills Ghoul’s Day Out on Saturday, Oct. 17! Enjoy local shopping, live music, a costume contest, gift basket raffles and plenty of Halloween fun from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 🎃🦇

🍂 Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Christian Church in Mason City will host its Fall Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday, October 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring traditional Greek food, a bake sale, and carry-out or drive-thru service. Tickets are $25.

🍲 The Elma Early Childhood Center will host a Soup Fundraiser, Bake Sale and Raffle on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Elma Memorial Hall, featuring homemade soups, raffle prizes and delivery options.

👻 Explore the history, mysteries and legends of downtown Mason City during the Haunted Historic Building Tour on Saturday, Oct. 17. Tickets are $75 and include a cocktail reception, historic building tour and dessert reception

🥞 Enjoy breakfast for a great cause! The Knights of Columbus will host a free-will donation breakfast Sunday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. to noon at Sacred Heart Church Hall in Osage, benefiting Green Devils Care and Coats for Kids.

💜 Join the Charles City community Oct. 24 for Hope for Jeyda, featuring live music, food trucks and a silent auction to support 18-year-old Jeyda Armstrong in her battle with Juvenile Huntington’s Disease.

🎃 Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills will host a family-friendly Trunk or Treat on Sunday, October 25. Kids are encouraged to wear their favorite costumes and enjoy an afternoon of decorated trunks, candy and Halloween fun! 👻🍬