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Sensory-Friendly Trick-or-Treating at 2 p.m. Saturday A calm, inclusive Halloween experience designed for children with sensory needs and disabilities will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Briggs Woods Campground. This sensory friendly event is coordinated to assist families who want to enjoy the Halloween experience, but have special issues. For questions, contact the Hamilton County Conservation Office at 515-832-9570 or visit www.MyCountyParks.com. Trick or Treat from 4 to 7 p.m. at Brigg Woods Saturday The Briggs Woods Park Halloween Event is Saturday at the ...

Brewer Creek Trail has a story to tell

The newest addition to the Brewer Creek Trail is a StoryWalk, a new service of the Kendall Young Library What is a Story Walk? It’s a simple idea based on three irrefutable facts: we could all benefit from reading more books; most of us don’t get enough physical exercise and who ...

Four new homes going up in Lynx Development

Four new homes are under construction in the Lynx Development #2 in southeast Webster City. The company building them was formerly known as Quirk Development, but has filed plans for the new homes under the name HQ Homes. The company is owned by Dean and Holly Quirk, and is based in Ankeny. They also own Spring Lake Construction, which specializes in excavation of small ponds and lakes. The company did the excavation work for The Allure at the Waterfront apartment buildings in Webster City. Specifications and Features Holly Quirk, who designed the floor plan, describes the exterior ...

Radon Gas awareness program to be held Tuesday in Jewell

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach of Hamilton County and Montgomery Memorial Library is hosting a radon gas discussion with Kapil Arora, extension agricultural engineering specialist next week in Jewell. The discussion, led by Arora, will be on radon testing, results of radon testing and how different mitigation strategies may be helpful. This informational presentation will be held Tuesday, October 20 at 7 p.m. at the Montgomery Public Library in Jewell. This program is designed to help communities comprehend the dangers of radon and ways to mitigate the ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1926 Fifty enter corn in Kiwanis contest Joe Robinson, professor of agriculture at Iowa State college, Ames, and secretary of these Small Grain Growers’ association, is in this city today judging the corn entered in the single ear corn contest sponsored by the Webster City Kiwanis club for boys and girls of Hamilton county, There are about fifty cars of corn entered, representing approximately as many farms in the county. The judging is being held in the lobby of the Hamilton County bank. The local contest is one of many being held by Kiwanis clubs throughout the state, the ...