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Wellman Rotary Holding Collection Drive For Veterans This Month

On Sunday, Oct. 15, JCRC’s Esther Raab Holocaust Museum and Goodwin Education Center (Raab/Goodwin Center) is hosting its 11th annual March of Remembrance, a community fundraiser to support the Raab/Goodwin Center’s ongoing efforts to combat antisemitism, bigotry, and prejudice through Holocaust education. The March of Remembrance begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Katz JCC (1301

This week, a group of Haddonfield High School students will be participating in a JCRC Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center sponsored field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. I wish I could include a picture of their incredibly cool “trip uniform,” which is a black, long sleeve

The New Year’s holiday will mean closures for city offices in Kalona, Riverside and Wellman. City halls for all three communities will be closed today and tomorrow. The city-operated Goodwin Center in Wellman will also be closed the same dates. The Wellman-Scofield Public Library in Wellman is closed today through Monday. The Kalona Public Library will be closed today and tomorrow but will be open this Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to noon with curbside-only checkout available. Previous Story

The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will mean closures for city offices in Kalona, Riverside and Wellman. City halls for all three communities will be closed this Thursday and Friday and December 31 and January 1. The city-operated Goodwin Center in Wellman is also closed for the same dates. The Wellman-Scofield Library in Wellman will be closed  tomorrow (Dec. 24) through December 29. They will resume curbside checkout and in-library browsing December 30 before closing again December 31 t...

The City of Kalona is helping seniors in need with the delivery of 100 bags of food today. City Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh says the success of distributing food to the public at large with their “pop up pantries” is allowing them to expand their efforts to better serve older citizens, “We’ve reshifted our focus just a little bit from the bulk food distribution and drive up (operations), to now we’re narrowing our focus to the seniors with a program to assist them.” Schlabaugh say...