Dates to remember:
July 2008
- July 2nd: Rep. Tom Latham town meeting in Perry (Towncraft Building, just east of the Hotel Pattee) at 1:00 pm
- July 4th: Parades in Minburn, Perry, and Waukee
- July 10th through 13th: Dallas County Fair in Adel
- July 11th and 12th: State GOP Convention (rescheduled from June due to flooding)
- July 24: Dallas County central committee meeting
August 2008
- August 9th: Sweet Corn Festival in Adel
- August 16th: Friends and Neighbors Days parade in Woodward
- August 23rd: Waukee Fall Festival
- August 23rd: Dallas Center Fall Festival
- August 23rd: Sentimental Journey Days in Perry
- August 28: Dallas County central committee meeting
September 2008
- September 1st through 4th: Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota
- September 25: Dallas County central committee meeting
October 2008
- October 23: Dallas County central committee meeting
November 2008
- November 4th: Election Day
- November 20th: Dallas County central committee meeting
Annual events:
| Adel Sweet Corn Festival | 2nd Saturday in August |
| Dallas County Fair | Mid-July |
| Bouton Sauerkraut Days | 3rd or 4th weekend in June |
| Dallas Center Fall Festival | 4th weekend in August |
| DeSoto Fall Festival | Early September |
| Dexter Fall Festival | 4th weekend in August |
| Minburn | 4th of July Parade |
| Perry Sentimental Journey | 4th weekend in August |
| Perry | 4th of July Parade |
| Perry Lighted Christmas Parade | Thanksgiving weekend |
| Redfield Old Settlers | 3rd or 4th weekend in June |
| Van Meter Kids' Day | 1st Saturday in June |
| Waukee | 4th of July Parade |
| Waukee Wauktoberfest | Late October |
| Waukee Winterfest | 1st Friday in December |
| Woodward Friends and Neighbors Day | 3rd weekend in August |