🌙🚴 Light up the night during Mason City’s 2026 Moonlight Bike Ride on Friday, August 21st! Enjoy music, glowing decorations, a 10-mile community ride and late-night bites. Helmets and signed safety waivers are required. ✨
💛 Support 13-year-old Orlando in his fight against cancer during a benefit fundraiser Saturday, August 22, at Oakridge Golf Course in Goldfield. The event includes a golf tournament, kids’ zone, freewill donation meal and silent auction. ⛳🎈🍽️
🎗️ Join the annual Stomping Out Childhood Cancer fundraiser on Saturday, August 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Iowa Fairgrounds in Mason City. Enjoy food, a bake sale, car show, auctions, kids’ activities and more while supporting local families battling childhood cancer.
The world’s best aerobatic pilots are coming to Mason City! ✈️🌎 Experience the 33rd FAI World Aerobatic Championship, August 23–September 2, 2026, at the Mason City Municipal Airport. This prestigious international competition is FREE and open to the public, with spectator viewing areas, free parking, and incredible precision flying from elite pilots around the globe. 🏆
🎉 Celebrate 75 years of Trulson Auto Parts! Join us Thursday, August 27 in Britt for our Anniversary Open House featuring door prizes, a Milwaukee Tool Sale, NAPA Gold Filter Sale, and free lunch from 11 AM–1 PM. 🚗🔧
The 10th annual TRI Clear Lake Triathlon, sanctioned by USA Triathlon and named the 2026 state championship race, takes place Saturday, Aug. 29 in Clear Lake, Iowa. Volunteers needed.
🛍️ Shop local and support a great cause! Join us Saturday, August 29 from 9 AM–4 PM for the Shop for Miracles Craft Fair, featuring local vendors, handmade goods, delicious food, and more—all in support of the Children’s Miracle Network. 💛✨
🌸 Join us for Party in the Gardens on Saturday, August 29, from 5–9 PM at Central Gardens of North Iowa—the social event of the season! 🌿✨
🎳 Join the Holly Johnson Benefit on August 30 at Sidetrack Lanes in Britt! Sign up a four-person team for the 9-pin bowling tournament, enter the raffle and help support medical bills and expenses. 💚
🎉 Celebrate the 79th Annual Kanawha Labor Day Weekend September 3–7! 🇺🇸 Enjoy five days packed with family fun, including a color run 🏃♀️🎨, pancake breakfasts 🥞, live music 🎸, tournaments 🏆, a parade 🎊, kids’ activities 🚂, food trucks 🌭, a comedy magician 🎩✨ and so much more!
🏈 Support the AGWSR FFA Chapter at the FFA Alumni Tailgate Supper on Friday, September 4! Enjoy barbecue, baked beans, cheesy potatoes and dessert for just $10 a plate. 🌽🚜
Get ready for a full day of fun in Rudd, Iowa at the End of Summer Bash! 🎊Join us on Saturday, September 5, 2026 for great food, family activities, a car and motorcycle show, a parade, and a spectacular fireworks finale over Rudd Lake. 🌭🚗🎆
Join the Friends of Pilot Knob State Park for breakfast on Saturday, September 5th! 🥞☕ Enjoy a morning at the campground gazebo from 8:00–9:30 AM, or until the food runs out. Free-will donations are welcome, with a suggested $5 per person. 🌲
⛳ Join the Crusade for a Cure Golf Tournament on Saturday, September 5, at Sunny Brae Golf Course in Osage! Enjoy golf, hole-in-one prizes, bingo, raffles, a silent auction and live music while supporting AFTD research initiatives.
🥞 American Legion Post 121 will host a breakfast Sunday, September 6, from 8 AM to noon in Forest City. Enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes, eggs, meat, biscuits and gravy, and drinks for a free-will donation
