Oxford to mark sesquicentennial with three day celebration
Oxford Iowa prepares a three day sesquicentennial celebration for its 151st birthday delayed from last year. Events include a 5K run parade food trucks three dances children rides and a duck race. Steam engine rides to Iowa City offer a major draw with multiple trips sold out and a sixth added bringing over 2 000 riders.
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Remembering David Woody Woodson A devoted outdoorsman
Family remembers David Woody Woodson as a loving uncle and social centerpiece who enjoyed fishing hunting and outdoor life. He went missing while kayaking on the Skunk River near Brighton and was found days later. A triplet and brother to 10 siblings, he will be cremated and buried beside a sister in Missouri.
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Iowa state parks offer art music and stories for Fourth
Iowa state parks present a Fourth of July weekend lineup including a 1 p.m. scavenger hunt at Pikes Peak State Park with views of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, an 8 p.m. Lorax story and tree talk, and bat box viewing. Fireworks at Lake Macbride begin about 9 p.m. Alcohol is banned on the fenced beach. Lake Darling hosts Twenty Artists Twenty Parks as part of the state park centennial.
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