Lakota City Wide Cleanup And Local Events May 11
City of Lakota schedules a city wide cleanup day for Monday May 11 with curbside pickup by 8 am. Multiple community events follow including a Craft and Artisan Expo May 9 at the Lakota Eagle Center featuring 100 percent handmade items from Iowa and Minnesota, and proceeds aiding Lakota’s 125th birthday celebration.
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Bethlehem Lutheran installs new pastor in Buffalo Center
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Buffalo Center installs Nathaniel Hedin-Schmidt born in Forest City as its new full time pastor. The 29 year old, a Forest City High School graduate, is finishing seminary at The Master’s Institute in St Paul and started serving Bethlehem on April 6 after moving from the Twin Cities with his wife Liz. During his internship he did Somali outreach in Minneapolis and mission work with young pastors.
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Buffalo Center
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Master’s Institute
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Seminary
Forest City High School
Bethlehem National Day of Prayer Observance Highlighted
Bethlehem marks National Day of Prayer with open church all day May 7 featuring music psalms and a prayer labyrinth painted by confirmation students. Newly installed pastor Nathaniel Hedin Schmidt speaks of open door ministry plans youth outreach and summer confirmation classes while noting his joy in hospital and home visits alongside family connections in Forest City and Simpson College ties.
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Nathaniel Hedin-Schmidt
Seee Anteater
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Burdette Hoeppner Reaches 70 Years With Legion Post 652
Burdette Hoeppner, 93, of Buffalo Center, is celebrated for 70 years of continuous membership in Lakota American Legion Post 652. He joined in 1945 after World War II service with the Army Air Corps. Dave Ley, adjutant, presents the Certificate of Continuous Membership as Hoeppner stands with the post official.
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Library Receives Build with Bags Grant for Park Benches
The Buffalo Center Public Library earned a $983 Build with Bags grant to furnish BC Library Park with three benches and a trash receptacle. Sponsored by the Iowa Grocery Industry Association with Keep Iowa Beautiful and others, the project promotes recycling and outdoor reading space on Main Street.
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Johnson's Food Center
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Joyce Schmidt
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Elizabeth
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Lakota Ambulance
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