Events

The O’Brien County Conservation Board is pleased to partner with local libraries for another year of the Conservation Series.  The topic for March invites participants to “Think Like a Scientist!” Twist your viewpoint on observation.  “Why…?  It is a question that we hear on a regular basis from children.  This program opens the door to […]

Monday, March 2nd there will be a Community Impact Night at the Pizza Ranch to Support a Trap, Neuter, Release Program for the stray cats in the city of Sheldon. Sheldon VMC employees will be working from 5:00 - 8:00 PM

The Sheldon Ministerial Association will be sponsoring lunch and lent this year at Living Water. The cost is $5 and they will be serving multiple types of soup and dessert. Serving starts at 11:45 am.  

Families in and around Lyon County are invited to participate in Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach’s Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14, which begins at 5:30 pm on Thursday, March 5th at George-Little Rock Elementary School in George. “The Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 is a seven-week program […]

There will be a World Day of Prayer event on Friday, March 6th at the First Reformed Church, 512 South Union Street, Rock Rapids, IA at 1:30 pm. This year the program is written by women from Zimbabwe, and numerous churches from Rock Rapids work together to present the prayer service.

Watching a majestic bald eagle soar overhead is a breathtaking sight.  During our annual survey earlier in January, we spotted a record number of eagles in the valley.  At the beginning of March, the resident bald eagles are mixing with other eagles traveling through the area. In addition, many other raptors are also on the […]

Drop in and play with Legos at the Sheldon Public Library! Saturday, March 7th from 10:30 am - 1:30 pm children can stop in at the library and get creative with Legos. Everyone is welcome, children under 8 MUST have a caregiver present.

It is almost time for our 3rd Annual Bean Bag Tournament to raise funds for Relay For Life of O'Brien County IA. All registration sales go directly to Relay For Life and American Cancer Society! Double elimination team tournament Best of 3 rounds - "Traditional 21" game - the first team to reach or exceed […]

Family Storytime – Monday, March 9th @ 6:30 Join us to share books and activities to get your children ready to read. Designed for 3- to 6-year-olds, the whole family is welcome.

For more information, contact Emily at 712-472-2217.

Want to learn a new hobby, improve your day-to-day life or experience a relaxing outing with friends? At Northwest Iowa Community College, we are striving to develop programming that is relevant, up-to-date, informative and FUN. Consider taking this class! "Using Your Digital Camera in the Manual Mode" Using an interactive workshop style format, you will […]

The Sheldon Ministerial Association will be sponsoring lunch and lent this year at Living Water. The cost is $5 and they will be serving multiple types of soup and dessert. Serving starts at 11:45 am.

MakerSpace: Yarn Creations – Wednesday, March 11th, 2:45 – 3:45  pm Join Annie for an afternoon of fun as your child has the opportunity to make a creation out of yarn! Time to tinker and build for kids in kindergarten - 8th grade. (If your child is under the age of 6 please attend the […]

For more information, contact Emily at 712-472-2217.

Northwestern College’s A cappella Choir will perform in Northwestern’s Christ Chapel on Friday, March 13, at 7:30 pm. The choir’s touring program includes songs in a variety of texts, languages and styles that focus on love, loss, celebration, humor, commitment and God’s grace. “Praise to the Lord,” “O Salutaris Hostia” and “Ezekiel Saw de Wheel” […]

The Sheldon Area Unity Meal Board has decided that because of the health risk of large groups of people gathering together we will not be having our usual sit down dinner for Unity Meal on Monday, March 16. We will have the meals prepared and ready for pickup at 5:00 p.m. Monday in the front […]

The Annual Soup & Pie Supper that was to be held at Middleburg Free Grace Church for Wednesday, March 25th has been CANCELED due to COVID-19. While we are disappointed by this, we appreciate your understand!