McGregor Trails Meeting Announcement

The City of McGregor is beginning to plan for the development of a series of trails which, we hope, will eventually connect McGregor to Marquette and to the trail system at Pikes Peak State Park.  To start this process, we are holding a  kick-off meeting at McGregor City Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 13th. In addition […]

Music and Monarchs Festival 2017

  OFFICIAL MUSIC & MONARCHS PAGE Make plans to come celebrate with us on the banks of the Turkey River in Elkader, Iowa May 13th, 2017. A free concert Saturday afternoon in Founders Park performances by: Jon Stravers & Patsy Wellman, Naomi, Honeyweis, THE LAST REVEL, Dead Horses Kid’s craft activities and conservation demonstrations/talks from […]

The Real Life Lorax Story

Dr. Seuss, so much more than “kids’ stuff” Maybe it was just coincidence that a birthday celebration of Dr. Seuss was taking place earlier this month at our local public library in Elkader. I was using an example from Dr. Seuss  from, “The Lorax”  that day as part of a presentation on “Rivers and Flooding” […]