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Gratitude and Best Wishes

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Throughout November the Webster City Ministerial Association offers reminders about gratitude. Take a look at your hands. Young or old, strong or frail, our hands are precious. Most of us have hands that are useful tools, enabling us to work, play, feed ourselves, make music, and so much more. Our hands are more than just tools, though – they connect us to others through touch. We give and receive caring touches, handshakes, and hugs. Our hands are worth noticing and appreciating.

Iowa Board of Regents to take harder look at university athletics, continues efficiency work

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The Iowa Board of Regents discusses its revenue enhancement and productivity study at its Nov. 11, 2026, meeting. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Officials at Iowa’s public universities will be following up with the Iowa Board of Regents to provide more details of its fiscal year 2026 budgets and future financial planning as the board’s revenue and efficiencies study moves forward. Officials from the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa presented their revenues and expenses for fiscal year 2026 to the board’s investment ...

WCHS play “The Miracle Worker" opens tonight

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The Webster City High School fall play will open tonight with their performance of “The Miracle Worker”. Above, Ellie Pruismann, as Katie Keller and Bryce Hrnicek as Captain Keller talk through the challenges of raising their blind and deaf child Helen. The play will run this weekend only. Performances are scheduled for Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Webster City Community Schools Activity Passes will be accepted.

It's a little fish, but there is more to the walleye story

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When the walleye fish release occurred last week, there were multiple experts involved with the project. The Hamilton County Conservation department, which coordinates the project with help from volunteers and donors, have many donors each year which help fund the walleye release project. Primary donors this year were the Doug “Jake” Jacobson Legacy Fund, and Black Hills Energy, which was incorrectly named in the articles last week. But families like the Pat Thompson family, and other local donors are contributing regularly to continue this program by making donations to the ...

Neighbors Create: A Night with Purpose

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The Dows Community Center will be the site for the signature fall fundraising event which will be held for Saturday, Nov. 21 from 5-10 p.m. The event raises money for the Clarion-based non profit Gift of Giving/Wright Community Connections (WCC). WCC, a nonprofit on Main St. in Clarion, was recently recognized as the Non Profit of the Year by the Clarion Development Alliance. Their impact is reflected in the over 6,200 volunteer in-kind hours offered annually and hundreds of families served from across the region. Programs include seasonal resource distribution such as annual coat ...

Wilson Brewer Park wraps up successful year

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The season for Wilson Brewer Park, which tells the history of Hamilton County and Webster City, runs from May 1 – October 31, each year. Owned by the City of Webster City, the park buildings are managed by an independent Foundation Board. We asked Ryan Rupiper, Board Chair, for a summary of this year’s season at the park. Restoration of Historic Courthouse Completed “As we look back over 2026, our biggest accomplishment was the restoration of the courthouse,” said Rupiper. The first publicly-funded building in Hamilton County, the two-story, the 28’ x 50’ frame ...