Dr. David Cook, the 17th President of Iowa State University came to Webster City yesterday on a mission to explore and investigate the work done by the ISU students for the Mayor’s Design Workshop, which…
Iowa Central is first in the nation to offer Workforce Pell
The emergency medical technician program at Iowa Central Community College is the first course in the nation to offer its…
Market Nights tonight focuses on food, back to school, and local shopping
Market Night tonight is the annual Back to School night, with a foam party to cap off the focus on…
G’day
Sales Tax holiday begins Friday Iowa’s Annual Sales Tax Holiday will take place August 7 and 8, exempting clothing and…
Theater Camp in rehearsal for Friday performance
The Webster City Community Theatre will be welcoming to their stage 29 young thespians who have been engaged in the…
Turning Back the Pages of Time
1936 Boxing card is completed Preliminaries for eight round champ-Bout are carded. The card for the championship boxing match to…
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Local Sports
Three Lynx baseball players all-district
Webster City’s Matthew Tesdahl, Braylon Dyvig and Jaxon Griffith each made the Iowa High…
Local Columns
The workings of an idle mind
It was so hot the other day I saw a funeral procession pull through a Dairy Queen. Okay, that’s an exaggeration but it was really hot. When it gets this hot, I stay inside as much as possible and this often results in too little to occupy my
When it comes to fishing, there’s always a new lure or technique to try. For the…
Different looks for more fish
I recently attended an out of state family wedding. It was a joyful experience, spending time…
Viewpoints: A stronger community begins when we listen
Country Roads Column for week of July 27, 2026 Seventy years ago many Iowa elementary classrooms…
An 8-year-old boy still lives
Editorials
Buffer Pilot Project just got better
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…
America at 250: A journey through time, told through our communities
Iowa’s lawmakers appear to be on the verge of raising the speed limit on the state’s…
Speed limit increase is a bad idea
March Madness has begun and I can truly say this is my favorite time of the…
Haymow Hoop Dreams
Business Briefs
Urology services now available at VDMC
G'Day!
VDMC welcomes general orthopedic surgeon Sreedhar Somisetty, MD
WCF Financial Bank partners with Kasasa to launch reward-based deposit accounts
Lifestyle Briefs
Parents invited to Back to School Night Aug. 3
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…
Van Diest Medical Center board will not meet in July
Jam session set for Friday night
Congregate meals for week of July 27 to July 30
Letters to Editor
Water testing necessary to preserve ecosystem
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…
Study impacts before we are in too deep
Supports Jones in fight against nitrates
Questions newspaper style
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