The Webster City fire department dispatched two units Thursday to a house fire on Bank Street. Traffic to the area was blocked off while fire and police crew addressed the fire. The Van Diest Medical Center responded to a call to the home located at 1105 Bank. No further details were available at press time.
Brendan English showed the Grand Champion pig at the Market Hog show held Saturday, July 25 during the Hamilton County…
The Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) will host Better Choices, Better Health, Iowa’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, this fall. The…
Jam Session in Blairsburg tonight BLAIRSBURG —The Blairsburg Opera House Jam session will be held from 6 p.m to 9…
About 35 people attended a meeting Tuesday evening to hear how $43.4 million would be spent to both remodel and…
Market Nights in downtown Webster City won’t go on forever. This season is halfway over, with the final Market Night…
Webster City’s Matthew Tesdahl, Braylon Dyvig and Jaxon Griffith each made the Iowa High…
I recently attended an out of state family wedding. It was a joyful experience, spending time with family I rarely see, and truly celebrating a great union. I felt fortunate to see so much love in one place at one time. But I also felt fortunate because we were talking face to face. To…
Country Roads Column for week of July 27, 2026 Seventy years ago many Iowa elementary classrooms…
It came to me about a year ago. My brother and I were talking on the…
When people think about the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, they usually picture deputies making traffic stops,…
There are times when a good idea can be made even better. That is the case with the expansion of the state’s Streamside Buffer Pilot Project. It uses a comparatively small amount of money to help farmers plant vegetation along the sides of waterways, with the ultimate goal of cleaning up water downstream. And…
What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into…
Iowa’s lawmakers appear to be on the verge of raising the speed limit on the state’s…
March Madness has begun and I can truly say this is my favorite time of the…
Back to School Night will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug, 3 at the Webster City Middle School, 1101 Des Moines St. Webster City Community School District invites all students and families to this special evening. designed as a one-stop location where families can access the resources and support needed to…
Letter to the Editor Growing up in rural Iowa, I spent a lot of time at nearby waterways. I learned to tell the quality of a waterway by the ecosystem in and around it or the lack of one. Now, Iowa faces a public health and water crisis that demands immediate action. Our state…
