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Make a Joyful Bid Pork Sandwich Supper

Faith United Church, 2020 Superior Street, will host Make a Joyful Bid Pork Supper and Auction on Saturday, April 12, at the church. The Pork Sandwich Supper is from 5 to 6 p.m. The cost is a freewill offering. The auction is from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. It will feature many unique items. “We are also looking forward to some great fun and fellowship,” Faith said in its media release.

Readers Theatre returns to Webster City Community Theatre

Readers Theatre at Webster City Community Theatre has been a way for the organization to discover scripts that they might want to bring to the stage. Season after season, suggestions are made, scripts are read, and decisions are announced. One of those opportunities is scheduled for Sunday, ...

Kendall Young Library will host special events in April

Kendall Young Library will host a variety of special events in April. Historian Jeff Stein — Kendall Young Library will host Jeff Stein, historian and expert on Duane Ellett and Floppy on Saturday, April 5, at 3 p.m. His presentation “Where’s Floppy? Celebrating an Iowa Television Icon” is a great opportunity to walk back in time. In 1957, WHO-TV asked staff performer Duane Ellett to come up with an idea to help teach children how to better care for their pets. Ellett created Floppy, a high-voiced beagle dog puppet that became his sidekick for the next 30 years. Together, ...

Lehigh Second Sunday Supper is April 13

LEHIGH — The Lehigh Methodist Church will hold its Second Sunday Supper on April 13. This event will be from 5 to 7 p.m. in the church basement. The menu will be scalloped potatoes and ham, with a salad and dessert. The price is a freewill donation. Carryouts are available.

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 grandparents are Kenny and Sherrie Tagg, and Gregg and Cathy Olson, all of Webster City. Her great-grandparents are Ruth Olson of Webster City, and Jeane Flessner of Cedar Falls.

Webster City Women’s Club will meet Monday

The Webster City Women’s Club will meet Monday, March 10, in the Fireside Room of Trinity Lutheran Church, 1229 Kathy Lane, Webster City. This meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. The change of location is due to ongoing construction work in the Jane Young House kitchen. Enter through the east door at Trinity Lutheran. A short business meeting will precede the program by Darlene Dingman entitled “Adventures of Kendall Young.” Refreshments will be served.