So you'd like to see a local or district news posts and calendar events in your News and Calendar, even when you don't belong to the local or district?
As long as the news post or calendar event is Visible to "Logged In" or "Public", you can see those events and news posts once you Follow them.
Manage Follows from the local, group, or district's page in Groupable|Connect:
Follow:
Stop Following:
Manage From Profile:
Once you are Following a local, district, or group, you'll be able to unfollow directly from your Profile: