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Brownville Concert Series presents Josh Hoyer

The Brownville Concert Series is thrilled to welcome to Brownville, Josh Hoyer SOLO – Stories and Songs. Hoyer will be performing solo, bringing some of his original soul, blues, and Americana music to Brownville. The songs come directly from Hoyer’s life and have a realness that begs the listener to step into his world. It’s sure to be one you won’t want to miss! The shows will be in cabaret on Friday & Saturday, August 8th & 9th at 7:30pm, and Sunday, August 10th at 2:00pm. We give special thanks to Susie Hogrefe, Tom Knox, and George Klein for helping to sponsor these shows.

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Nonfiction and Large Print

Hamburg Public Library has specialty areas set aside so patrons can easily locate certain categories of books such as westerns, Amish and Christian fiction, nonfiction, biographies, and large print. Thinking specifically of nonfiction and large print, these books are new.

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Wildfire Smoke

Canadian wildfire related smoke is visible in southwest Iowa in this photo submitted to the Hamburg Reporter by Hamburg’s Judith Holliman. Smoke from the fires has been reported to have affected air quality and visibility in Iowa with hazy skies and unhealthy air quality ratings.

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Battle with the Bulls gets help from Sidney football players

The Battle with the Bulls Committee would like to send a big thank you to the Sidney gootball team for setting up the arena and back pens on the Friday morning before the Battle With The Bulls event and also for taking all the heavy gates and chutes down on Sunday after the event. This group worked in the heat on Friday and again in the mud and rain on Sunday morning.

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