Events

🍎 Help support local educators by donating supplies or joining Women United’s Teacher Survival Kit packing event July 15 in Mason City. ✏️📚

Celebrate the 40th Annual Puckerbrush Days July 17–19, 2026! 🎉 Enjoy a full weekend of food trucks, family activities, contests, vendors, live music, the Puckerbrush Parade, car show, fireworks, and more. Featured entertainment includes Not Quite Brothers on Friday night and River City Rodeo on Saturday night. Mark your calendars and join the Forest City community for three days of summer fun! ☀️🎶🎆

🚗Join us Saturday, July 18, 2026, at the Kinney Pioneer Museum for Hit Rods For Heroes! This fundraiser honors our service men and women while raising funds for Operation Golden Hawk and the Kinney Pioneer Museum. Open to all makes and years of cars, trucks, and bikes! 🏍️

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 18 with food vendors, live music and patriotic fun from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 🇺🇸🎶🍔

🍗 Support the Clear Lake Noon Lions at their annual Chicken BBQ Fundraiser on Sunday, July 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Park. Meals are $12 in advance or $14 the day of the event and will be served until sold out! 🦁🔥

Celebrate 50 years of West Hancock Ambulance Service on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at Britt Golf Course! 🚑🎉 Enjoy a golf tournament, inflatables, food, and live music from the Kraft Brothers from 4–7 p.m. ⛳🎶

Kids are invited to VBS 2026 – True North at Immanuel Reformed Church in Belmond, July 19–23 from 5:30–8:00 PM each day. This free event is open to children who have completed 4-year-old preschool through 6th grade. 🧭✨

Mark Kingland & Stuart McCulloh of Forest City will be hosting a Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) field day. The event is free to attend and open to the public. …

🎒 Get ready for the new school year at the Community Health Center of Mason City’s Back-to-School Block Party on Tuesday, July 21! Families can enjoy free healthcare services, shoes, backpacks, school supplies, food and activities for children. 🩺👟🎈

🎩📚 Enjoy a fast-paced journey through the world of Dr. Seuss when Duffy Does Dr. Seuss! visits the Thompson Public Library on July 21 at 2:30 p.m. This free program is fun for all ages! 🌈✨

🧠✨ Duffy Hudson brings Albert Einstein to life at the Thompson Public Library on Tuesday, July 21, at 7 p.m. The performance will be held in the library meeting room and is free and open to the public. 📚🔬

Be a hero close to home! 🩸 The Karly Lambert Scholarship Blood Drive will be held July 22 from 1:00–5:00 PM at First Baptist Church in Forest City. Walk-ins are welcome, and every donation helps save lives. ❤️

Join the community, and join Winnebago at Winnebago Industries Community Day! Check out and walk through the newest models, and get a close-up look at all of the amazing features! …

🦬 Celebrate Bison Days in Buffalo Center July 24–26 with a parade, kids’ activities, live music, food, games, community fundraisers and family fun throughout the weekend! 🎉❤️🤍💙