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Cat Hut seeks stocking stuffers

During the month of December, the Cat Hut is collecting stocking stuffers for cats. The Cat Hut, which is located at 1118 2nd Street in Webster City, has plenty of cats and kittens available for adoption at this time. Cat adoptions are up, but supplies are down, and the Cat Hut is seeking ...

Blue Christmas Service on Sunday night

The Webster City Ministerial Association will be holding the annual Blue Christmas Service on Sunday night, December 7 at 6 p.m. at the First Congregational Church. The church is located at 1000 Willson Avenue in Webster City. The service is jointly sponsored by Fosters Funeral and ...

Webster City Community Christmas Concert this weekend

At the end of the holiday parade, the Webster City Community Chorus will be singing with the Webster City Community Handbell Choir at the Trinity Lutheran Church. The flute ensemble will not be performing this year, as previously announced. The church is located at 1229 Kathy Lane in Webster ...

Weddings and Engagements | VIEW ALL

Lillian Chamness and Ryan Schany are wed in Des Moines

Lillian Marie Chamness and Ryan Marshall Schany were united in marriage on August 2, 2025, at The Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines. The Rev. Cameron Scott officiated the evening ceremony. Parents of the couple are Gary and Nicole Chamness, Blairsburg; Laurie Schany, Ames; and the late ...

KaraAnn Reineke, Matthew Johnson wed at Little Brown Church

NASHUA — KaraAnn Reineke and Matthew Johnson were united in marriage at the Little Brown Church in Nashua on June 14, with a reception at Music Man Square in Mason City. KaraAnn is the daughter of Ernest and Melodee Reineke. of Clear Lake. She is the granddaughter of Dolores Weisbrod, of ...

Halleland, Summers marry; reception will be at Spirit Lake

Paige Halleland and Matchull Summers, both of Los Angeles, California, married on June 12, 2025. There will be a family reception July 12 at Spirit Lake, Iowa. Parents are Cindy Larson of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Keith Halleland, of Blairsburg.

KaraAnn Reineke and Matthew Johnson announce their engagement

KaraAnn Reineke, of Clear Lake, and Matthew Johnson. of Webster City, are pleased to announce their engagement. KaraAnn is the daughter of Ernest and Melodee Reineke, of Clear Lake. Matthew is the son of Brent and Laurie Johnson of Webster City. KaraAnn is a graduate of Clear Lake High ...

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Tom and Holly Riemenschneider will celebrate 50 years of marriage

Tom and Holly Riemenschneider, of Webster City, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on November 22. They were united in marriage on November 22, 1975, at United Methodist Church in Eagle Grove. Their family includes Mark Riemenschneider and Vance Watts of West Des Moines, and ...

Happy 97th Birthday Marjorie Nass

Marjorie Nass is about to turn 97 and you can help her celebrate. Marj was born October 12, 1928, in Shenandoah. After graduating from Simpson College, she taught English in Jewell and Atlantic. She and her husband, the late Martin (Ed) Nass, moved to Webster City in 1965. If you would ...

Art Tolle, Sr. will celebrate his 90th birthday

Art Tolle, Sr., of Webster City, will celebrate his 90th birthday on Sunday, September 14. To help celebrate his birthday, greetings may be sent to him at 1503 Grove Street, Webster City, IA 50595.

Ruth Hinderks will celebrate her 95th birthday

Please join Ruth Hinderks and her family in celebrating her 95th birthday. The open house will be on Saturday, September 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Southfield Assisted Living, 2414 S. Des Moines Street, Webster City.

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Nate and Carrie Tagg welcome a daughter

Nate and Carrie Tagg of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, welcomed a daughter, Claire Elizabeth Tagg, on March 11, 2025, at Penn Medicine Women’s & Babies Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has a sister, Jane, 6. Claire weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz. and was 19 inches long. Claire’s ...

Tague family welcomes a daughter

Jackson and Katie Tague, of Webster City, welcomed a daughter, Mavis Kae Tague, August 30, 2023, at Iowa Specialty Hospital, Clarion. She has a brother, Lucian, 9. Grandparents are Jeanne Heller, Don and Anna Tague, and Angie and Joseph Arbaugh, all of Webster City.

Hayes family brings son into the world

Hunter and Miranda Hayes, of Webster City, welcomed a son, Beckett Wade Hayes, to the world on June 20, 2023, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. Beckett’s birth weight was seven pounds, three ounces. Beckett’s grandparents are Brandon and Charity Hayes of Webster City, Rodney ...

Smith family welcomes son

Elizabeth Smith and Reece Smith, of Webster City, brought a son, Jacob Williams Smith, into the world on June 14, 2023, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. Jacob’s birth weight was seven pounds, 5.6 ounces. His older siblings are Reece Smith Jr. (seven years old) and Lucas Smith (five ...