Greetings, Members!
Fun Events on the Horizon
Muscatine County Freedom Rock Smorgasbord
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, will be Wilton’s traditional Smorgasbord, starting at 3 pm with a short program honoring veterans, then firefighter water hose fights, the 25-cent brat or hot dog meal, and finally, amazing prizes! For a $5 donation you can enter the drawing.
This year, Wilton Public Library will be having summer reading sign-up right before the event, at 2:30 pm. The American Legion will have their traditional Memorial Day program starting in the morning.
We will be offering the popular “All Around Town” prize packages again this year, so if you can contribute a gift certificate to your business, that would be wonderful!
City leaders donated to the Freedom Rock and entered the Smorgasbord prize drawing at the April 28 City Council meeting. Left to right: City Clerk Lizabeth Maurer, City Administrator Jeff Horne, City Council members Dr. Wayne Budding and Ted Marolf, Mayor Dr. Keith Stanley, City Council members Bill Voss and Stevie Whitehead, Police Chief Dave Clark
Wilfundy Golf Outing
Mark your calendars for Friday, June 13. It’s the Wilfundy Golf Outing at Wahkonsa Country Club! Sign-in will begin at 8 am with a tee-off time of 9 am.
The registration form is available at wcda.wufoo.com/forms/wilfundy-golf-outing-2025.
Founders Day 2025
We are making plans for an amazing Founders Day—make sure August 15-17 is on your calendar! The theme is Anchors Aweigh and we are thrilled to announce that the Grand Marshal of the parade will be Wilton’s own Rear Admiral Will Pennington and family!
As always, an event this size means we need many volunteers. Please let us know if you have a couple of hours here or there to help out, and we will have a task for you!
Welcome Two New Businesses
Wilton’s Hometown Market
WCDA Board members presented a First Dollar to the new manager/co-owner of Wilton’s Hometown Market, Ali Khan. Ali and his business partner and cousin, Abdul Khan, also co-own the Hometown Market in Central City (north of Marion).
Mi Familia Mexican Café
The storefront at 101 W. 4th Street is the new home of Mi Familia Mexican Café. While Manny Rocha of West Branch and his fiancée are doing some renovating on the space, they will be periodically preparing and serving food outside.
In Other News
Citywide Garage Sale and Elder Park Market on Saturday, May 3 was a big hit with lots of people coming into town to check out our businesses and the forty garage sales that registered to be on the map, including vendors that sold their items downtown at Elder Park.
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges shares the following:
High schools need your support to offer work-based learning (WBL) activities for the 25-26 school year. These activities involve direct interactions between industry and education stakeholders. Examples of these activities include:
- sustained project-based learning in partnership with an employer
- simulated work experiences aligned with industry-recognized credentials
- high-quality pre-apprenticeships aligned to an apprenticeship
- internships
- apprenticeships
If you are interested in providing any of these WBL activities, please contact The Assistant Director of WBL at EICC, Erica Ewert, eewert@eicc.edu. She will share your contact information with the local school district.
United Way Muscatine County: Wilton Citywide Day of Caring was Wednesday, May 7th, 8:30 AM-Noon. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped out! The Kids First Pancake Breakfast is Friday, May 9, 7-9 am at Crossroads. Please call 563-263-5963 with any questions.
See you at Smorgasbord!
