Events

Wednesday, Feb. 4

The City of Marengo will have an informational meeting at 6 p.m. at the Iowa County Ambulance Building, 355 W. Lucas St. in Marengo, to discuss the formation of a first responders department. For more information, contact EMS Director Adam Rabe at 319-654-2555 or arabe@iacoambulance.org.

Thursday, Feb. 5

Friends of the Marengo Public Library hosts “Celebrating America” at 12:30 p.m. The presentation by the Herbert Hoover Museum reveals some unique, weird and interesting artifacts from presidents Hoover through Obama. The library is located at 235 E. Hilton St.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

Butler’s Bunch Sharing for Hope support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 in the main lobby at Compass Memorial Healthcare in Marengo. The group provides patients and their loved ones with a safe, confidential space to talk openly about treatment, side effects, fear, resilience, faith, survivorship, celebrations, grief and the very real day-to-day of living with or supporting someone with cancer. CMH also offers a virtual option. To join the group via web, contact Elle Krakow at 319-642-8083. Krakow will host and facilitate the group.