Congratulations to the People’s Choice Award winners from the 2022 Art by Your Friends and Neighbors exhibit at the Marion Heritage Center. Special thanks to sponsor Hills Bank for providing $100 cash prizes to our winners. Visitors cast 478 votes at the annual exhibit held at the Marion Heritage Center which ended July 30. (shown left to right)...
What a pleasure it is to report the successful launch of a joint project involving Iowa History students at Marion High School, your Historical Society and the Friends of Oak Shade Cemetery. Thanks to an enthusiastic interest in Iowa and local history by MHS history teacher, Jonathan Mitchell, the first week-long unit was conducted during the first week of April this year....
The Marion Noon Lions Club enjoyed eating pizza and hearing a presentation by David Brenzel about the Marion Heritage Center’s current exhibit “The Fuel Question” on Thursday, March 24. The Heritage Center loves hosting groups and helping them explore current exhibits.
We are proud to announce that our Marion Historical Society board president, Jay Kacena, was inducted into the prestigious 9 Who Care Hall of Fame on February 19. KCRG’s Joe Winters and Nicole Agee hosted a dinner and presentation at the Czech and Slovak Museum. Inductees received a medal, a plaque, and $500 to the...
New Marion Heritage Center Executive Director Robyn Ireland needs no introduction to a large number of Marion citizens due to her previous position as Senior Reporter for the Marion Times. Being the chief chronologist of developments and events in and around town has brought her in front of virtually every political and business leader of Marion. Her coverage of Marion Heritage Center events...
