The last big celebration of the summer in Winnebago County is this weekend in Buffalo Center, with the annual Bison Days hosted by North Iowa Betterment.

The celebration kicked off early on Thursday, with Old Fire Liquor hosting a food truck and bags tournament in the evening to support the Dalton Cooper Memorial.

Wesden Wooge of the Forest City FFA won the trophies for Grand Champion Market Steer as well as Grand Champion Rate of Gain at the Winnebago County Fair Beef Show on Friday, July 17. Look for more photos and full 4-H and FFA results from the 2026 Winnebago County Fair in an upcoming edition of the Tribune. (Photo by Andrew Shaw)

Buffalo Center’s mayor wants to see traffic slow down coming into town on Highway 9, but the State of Iowa has control over the speed limit. The City Council discussed the topic at its monthly meeting on July 13.

Iowa Lakes Community College proudly recognizes the academic excellence and dedication of students who earned placement on the Spring 2026 President's List and Dean's List.

Water Matters, a public forum addressing Iowa’s water quality issues, is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the ISU Northern Research Farm, 310 South Main Street, in Kanawha. This forum is one of the Rural Revival: Local Voices, Common Goals public forums, a series of forums created to explore key issues central to our communities’ futures.

Briona Ricke of Titonka is among 1,300 students named to the High Honor list at Minnesota State University, Mankato for the spring 2026 semester. To qualify for the High Honor list, students must achieve a 4.0 straight “A” average while enrolled for at least 12 credit hours for the semester.

Upper Iowa University has announced the Dean's List for the 2026 Spring Semester. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average and be enrolled as a full-time student.

Local students making the list include Ashley Hoffman of Lake Mills, Madison Arispe of Forest City, and Joslynne Plath of Forest City.

The Forest City Council on Monday discussed a draft resolution and a 28E agreement with Forest City Economic Development.

Throughout the month of August, all dollars donated to the Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank will be doubled, up to $20,000. This special challenge match is funded by several north Iowa businesses, professional firms, and individuals who are friends of the food bank.

Hello from Timely Mission! It's been a warm and wonderful week here at Timely Mission!

We kicked off the week, as we always do, with our Monday morning Coffee Social Hour followed by one of our favorite games, Farkle.

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The Winnebago County Fair parade committee has chosen Titonka Savings Bank as Grand Marshal of the Winnebago

Audiences at BrickStreet Theatre’s production of “Oklahoma!” are in for a show that offers it all.  In addition to iconic Rodgers and Hammerstein songs and a classic tale of romance and rivalry on the frontier, the production features a range of group dance numbers, including the high-energy toe-tapping and leaps of farmers and ranchers at a hoedown and the grace and heartache of storytelling throu

The Lake Mills Class of 1966 held their 60th class reunion on Friday, July 10 at The Rice Lake Golf & Country Club, rural Lake Mills. Seated left to right are: Emily (Arneson) Quisling, Laurie (Anderson) Brue, Dorothy (Radius) Kasik, Jane (Heltne) Rundquist, Nylene (Hockenson) Mannes, Patty (Furness) Abbot, Marsha (Charlson) Honsey, and Teresa (Haugsdal) Brua.

The staff at Molencamp Physical Therapy celebrated the opening of their new clinic at the Forest City YMCA with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Forest City Chamber of Commerce on Friday, July 10. Tim Molencamp founded Molencamp Physical Therapy in Clear Lake in 2021, and physical therapist Havyn Wilson of Forest City will lead the new clinic at the YMCA.

At their July 14 meeting, the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a 2026 CAT 140 AWD motor grader at a cost of $453,318.64. 

The purchase agreement includes trading in a 2001 CAT 140H with 12,890 hours for $60,200.