New employees join staff at Stony Creek Landscapes

April 18, 2018

Four new staff members have joined the crew at Stony Creek Landscapes in Webster City. Gayle Bothe comes from a background in fine art and graphic design and has adapted her creative tools to various projects. She learned to love and understand natural landscapes while growing up on a small farm in northern Minnesota. Since then, drawing inspiration from her travels, she carries this passion for nature with her by transforming her outdoor spaces in the diverse landscapes she has lived in. Pam Fitzgibbons is a native of Webster City, and graduated from WCHS in 1980.  She attended ...

Finucan named to list of top financial advisors

April 11, 2018

For the fifth year, Edward Jones financial advisor Tim Finucan of Webster City has been named to Barron’s magazine’s annual list of “America’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, State by State.” Finucan, who has served area investors for the past 31 years, ranked No. 2 in the state of ...

100th baby of 2018 arrives at ISH

April 10, 2018

CLARION — Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 100th baby of 2018, Troy Terrance Collins, Jr., was born on April 2nd at 8:19 in the morning to parents, Tamara and Troy Collins Sr. of Webster City. Baby Troy weighed 8 pounds 7.5 ounces and was 20 inches in length. He will be welcomed home by big ...

FCSAmerica returns $4.7 M to area farmers

March 22, 2018

Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) announced today that eligible customer-owners in Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Webster and Wright counties will receive checks this month totaling $4.7 million – their share of the financial cooperative’s $200 million cash-back dividend for 2017. The share of FCSAmerica’s 2017 dividend returned to Iowa customer-owners amounts to $80.7 million. FCSAmerica has distributed a portion of its net earnings to eligible customer-owners every year since 2004, returning a total of $1.5 billion to farmers, ranchers and agri-businesses in ...

Farm Bureau leaders emphasize value of trade during trip to Capitol Hill

March 21, 2018

WEST DES MOINES – Forty-three Iowa Farm Bureau leaders from across the state visited Washington, D.C. recently to discuss critical farm issues with their elected officials, including trade and tariff reduction, crop insurance and continued support of the Renewable Fuel Standard as part of ...

Brandt named to list of top 1,200 advisors

March 20, 2018

Jeffrey Brandt, APMA®, CMFC® a Private Wealth Advisor with Ameriprise Financial in Webster City, has been named to the list of “America’s Top 1,200 Advisors: State-by-State” published by Barron’s® Magazine, a publication covering business and finance. The annual Barron’s list ...