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Meyer’s distracted driving bill gets pulled over

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FORT DODGE — A local lawmaker’s proposal to ban the use of electronic devices while driving unless they are in a hands-free mode has again been stymied. State Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge, has unsuccessfully introduced that bill in the last three legislative sessions. On Wednesday, she ...

By the numbers

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Call them automated traffic control devices if you want, but the four cameras on the south fringes of Webster City pretty much monitor one thing: speed. To the drivers who pay the citations they are all about money. If you blast past the speed cameras installed last fall on U.S. Highway 20 ...

Chamber’s Third Thursday Coffee is today at All Culture Equal

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Craving great coffee and even better conversation? Look no further than the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce’s Third Thursday Coffee this morning. This morning’s coffee event will be hosted by All Cultures Equal, 637 Second Street, Webster City. The pot is on early — from 8-9:30 ...

For Iowa Central performing arts, the dream is big

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FORT DODGE — Iowa Central Community College students have started building the set for the spring musical “Beauty and the Beast.” That set will fill the stage of Decker Auditorium as the classic tale draws audiences for the first time into the revamped auditorium and new Center for the ...

Senate committee advances ‘sin tax’ for consumable hemp products

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As lawmakers consider restrictions on hemp-derived THC and CBD products, the Senate Ways and Means Committee passed a measure Wednesday that would add a sin tax to consumable hemp products. Senate Study Bill 3186 would set a 25% excise tax on the sales price of consumable hemp products, with ...

Webster City Community Theatre is killing it

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Killing can be such an hysterical thing, according to Loween Getter, director of Webster City Community Theatre’s upcoming production of “Clue.” “We saw it done at the Waterloo Playhouse and it was so much fun that I thought we should do it,” Getter said. “Clue,” a murder ...