Hometown Calendar

2016 theme…Brew, Bands & BBQ!  Come & raise a glass to the Badger state’s proud Craft Beer Industry.  They’ll be pouring the areas most special, rare, can’t get anywhere else craft beer.  While beer tasting, enjoy a great line-up of music, food & fun! 

Chicken BBQ from 11a until out!  SELLS OUT FAST!

Raffles drawings for guns, cash, etc.   Need not be present to win.

Live music, 50/50 drawing, bake sale, burgers, brats & beer!

2016 theme…Brew, Bands & BBQ!  Come & raise a glass to the Badger state’s proud Craft Beer Industry.  They’ll be pouring the areas most special, rare, can’t get anywhere else craft beer.  While beer tasting, enjoy a great line-up of music, food & fun! 

The Ripon Medical Center Auxiliary will host a Collective Goods (formerly Books Are Fun) book fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6 at Ripon Medical Center, Green Lake Room, 845 Parkside Street.

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to purchase quality hardcover books at 50 to 75 percent off retail price! This sale will feature bestsellers, children’s, reference, hobby, nature and wildlife, sports and gift items.

The book fair is open to the public, and all proceeds will benefit patient programs and services.

Purchases can be made by cash, check or credit card. For more information, call Karen Gross, Volunteer Services, at (920) 745-3670.

Get Fresh, Go Local, Make Omro your Thursday Night Stop this Season.  We encourage you not only to stop by the market to shop a variety of local artisans’ and farmers’ wares, but to enjoy visiting, shopping, and dining among the many downtown business along the shores of the Fox River.  Omro is bringing back that sense of community and family togetherness with the Thursday Night Market!  Stop in, visit with your friends and neighbors.  You never know what you might find.

The Ripon Medical Center Mission Integration Committee is accepting winter clothes donations from September 9 to 26 to help area families in need as they prepare for back to school.

Help keep students warm during the cold winter months by donating new or gently-used coats, hats and mittens. Sizes are being requested from elementary school age to high school age (adult sizes). Donations will be shared with Ripon School District schools.

Donations can be left in a box, located in the Ripon Medical Center Journeys Commons (cafeteria) by Monday, September 26.

For more information, call (920) 745-3670.

The 2016 Wisconsin State Chili Cook Off Championship sponsored by the International Chili Society will be held again in Green Lake at Deacon Mills Park.   Approximately 40 cooks will start cooking their favorite recipes beginning at 11am.   Spectators can enjoy the festive atmosphere mingling with the chefs and sampling their salsas and other hot items.  Chili sampling begins at 3pm when the judges will determine who the new champion is.  The Green Lake Rotary Club will provide a local DJ and live entertainment, as well as selling their own delicious chili along with brats, dogs, nachos and lots of cold drinks!