The Forest City Lions Club has announced Ray and Joan Beebe as this year’s Puckerbrush Days parade grand marshals.

Waldorf University is pleased to announce the hiring of Alec Nys as Assistant Women's Basketball Coach. Coach Nys comes to Waldorf after spending last year as assistant coach and head development coach for Rocky Mountain College Men's Basketball. While at Rocky, Nys helped the Battlin' Bears to win 19 games and win a game at the Frontier Conference tournament. Nys had the opportunity to coach one first team all-conference player, two second team players, and nine academic all-conference players in his one season at Rocky.

Waldorf University is pleased to recognize students who have achieved the Dean’s List for the Spring semester. 

Waldorf University is pleased to announce the hiring of Tom Myers as Head Softball Coach. Myers has head coaching experience at both the high school and collegiate levels. At Kimberly School District, he served as physical education teacher, assistant baseball coach for one year, and head baseball coach for five years. His teams made state appearances in three of those years and were district champions in 2011 and 2012. Coach also earned SCIC Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2012.

Coach Ryan Dickinson, a serviceman of the Iowa National Guard, is answering his call of duty, and Assistant Coach Joe Lupton is stepping in as interim head coach during his deployment. Coach Dickinson just finished his fourth season with the Warriors and Coach Lupton finished his second season.

The Waldorf University Music Department will host their annual Spring Spectacular concerts on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 in the Boman Fine Arts Center. The Spring Spectacular concerts consists of three separate concerts to be attended over the weekend.

The Waldorf Community Artist Series will host The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra on Monday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in the Boman Fine Arts Center.

Waldorf University is pleased to announce the hiring of Michael Wirth as Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Originally from Thompson, Iowa and a graduate of North Iowa High School in Buffalo Center, Iowa, Wirth returns to North Iowa from Arizona where he spent the last 23 years teaching and coaching basketball at various levels. Wirth helped form the Arizona Basketball Coaches Association and facilitated the association’s coaching clinic for multiple years, developing relationships with high school and college coaches. Most recently, he served as founder and Director of 3D Hoops Club program and Director of Basketball Operations for Iron Country Basketball Training and Performance Center.

Nominations for Waldorf’s Viking Awards are now open! Nominate an online student, professor, or support staff member who strives for professional and personal excellence by March 14, 2025.

Waldorf University is proud to announce that the U.S. Department of Education has approved Waldorf’s request to convert to nonprofit status. This is the final step of the process since the Higher Learning Commission, the IRS, and the State of Iowa had previously approved the Change in Ownership.