The unexpectedly heavy Friday morning winter storm might have caused the cancellation of the downtown Mosaic Church Easter event today, but plenty more remain next weekend.

A big event which is new to Marshalltown, will take place at the Central Iowa Fairgrounds, 1308 E. Olive St. Organized by Jake Rowley with United Cajun Navy, the Marshall County Egg Drop will be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on March 30

“This is going to be the biggest Easter event Marshalltown has ever seen,” he said.

The Egg Drop starts with a Bounce House Park courtesy of Exterior + Home Remodeling.

“We’re going to have 17 bounce houses,” Rowley said.

A traditional Easter egg hunt will be held at 1 p.m. However, the finale of the event will be the drop of more than 7,000 eggs at 3:30 p.m. from an Iron Horse Aviation helicopter. The process of arranging that aspect of the event took the most work. Rowley said they had to speak with the Federal Aviation Administration and get the flight plan approved.

“It’s going to fly down to 50 feet and drop the eggs,” he said.

Additional sponsors of the Marshall County Egg Drop are Members 1st Community Credit Union, Spokes N Locs Car Club, Scooter’s Coffee, Wanatee Accounting Services, REMAX Partners, Mid Iowa Lawn Maintenance, Walmart and Midnight Ballroom.

Other free Easter events in the area next week include:

March 28:

Southridge Specialty Care, 309 W. Merle Hibbs Blvd.; 6 p.m. egg hunt;

March 30:

Accura Healthcare, 2401 S. Second St.; 10 a.m. egg hunt;

Albion City Park, 1 Albion; 00 E. Johnson St., 9 a.m. bake sale and 10 a.m. Easter egg hunt;

Gilman City Park, 101 S. Mill St.; Gilman Fire and Rescue’s 10 a.m. egg hunt. Only for children up to sixth grade;

East Marshall Elementary, 201 E. Weissenburger St., Laurel; Easter Eggstravagaza with a 10 a.m. photography and petting zoo, 11 a.m. egg hunt and library prize zone and activities. The event is for children age 12 and younger;

Laurel’s Pour House, 102 S. Main St.; 3 p.m. adult egg hunt and activities;

March 31:

New Hope Christian Church, 3901 S. Center St.; breakfast 6:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., helicopter egg drop, 11:30 a.m.;

American Legion Post 46, 1301 S. Sixth St.; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m .brunch and 11 a.m. egg hunt. A prize will be given to whoever finds the special egg. The event will also feature a chance for kids to meet the Easter Bunny.

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Contact Lana Bradstream at (641) 753-6611 ext. 210 or lbradstream@timesrepublican.com.