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Into Ukraine

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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series exploring Webster City and Webster City Rotary’s connection to Ukraine. As you will read, the writer, Doug Bailey, is working from an intensely personal perspective. “Dad, do you want to take a load of food up into Ukraine?” Tim asked one ...

Sentencing date for caretaker in Seamonds death rescheduled for June

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The sentencing date for a caretaker who pleaded guilty to leaving a special needs man in a scalding shower in Webster City in 2022 has been pushed back to June 5 in Hamilton County. Nicholas Brendan Seamonds died on December 20, 2022, as the result of injuries he sustained from “neglect of ...

$450,000 settlement ends Stringer’s civil rights saga

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FORT DODGE — A $450,000 settlement in the civil rights complaint filed by former Webster County Sheriff’s Deputy Amy Stringer was made public Thursday. Stringer received $50,000 immediately. She will receive ongoing monthly payments of $3,570 that will continue from January 2025 through ...

Parade of Bands

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Tuesday's Parade of Bands featured the Webster City Middle School's brightest musicians. They included, front row from left, Jaxon Hawken, Rae Kliegl and Brayden Griffin. Back row, from left, Brandon Law, Reed Larson and Winston Cheyne.

The Day the Crayons Quit

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Kynzlee Draeger sings during The Day the Crayons Quit, the Northeast Hamilton Elementary spring program Monday in Blairsburg. Daily Freeman-Journal photos by David Borer.