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The Garden Party continues with Day Okay Jazz Project

The Day Okay Jazz project performance Saturday night was more than a night of music. It was a night to honor the work done by Richard Carlson for nearly 20 years at the park in the 700 block of Second St. by the Elks Building. “He’s done a fantastic job, and it's been his vision, and ...

Fire on the water

By KOLLEEN TAYLOR A blaze on the Boone River that has been burning over this past weekend is being closely monitored by the Webster City Fire Department and the Webster City Police Department. The smoke and fire is due to a large pile of logs that seem to have drifted downstream and ...

City Council meeting includes public hearing on the Hazard Mitigation Plan, nuisance hearing

The agenda for tonight's city council meeting sets the stage for a number of issues that have been considered in depth in recent months. The public hearing on the Hamilton County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, is probably the most important issue, with the document exceeding 550 pages at the center of the consideration. This outlines the plans for the entire county, and it is required for each county to maintain a Hazard Mitigation Plan to minimize effects of an emergency before it occurs. This plan needs to be updated, and if not, if there would be a disaster ...

G’day

It’s a great day to plan for a parade Kendall Young Library board meeting tonight The trustees for the Kendall Young Library will meet tonight at the meeting room in the basement of the library. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and is located at 1201 Willson Ave. The agenda includes the financial reports for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, board training on the Open Meeting laws, the meaning of the new Kendall Young Library Logo and policy updates. Hamilton County Fair parade and crowning of Queen Tuesday The Hamilton County Fair parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Crowning of ...

Webster City High School Class of 1981 holds 45th reunion

The Webster City High School class of 1981 held their 45th reunion on June 27 at the Links in Webster City. Members who attended are front row, left to right: Michelle Hedeen Johansen, Evan Mossman, Cathy Berry Gustafson, Lynn Reinsch, Randy Nelson, Nancy Bloomquist Ile, Liz Kelley Peter, Julie Sylvester Olmstead and Doug Dockstader. In row two, left to right are Cindy Wing Mitchell, Laura Hubbard McDonald, Marcy Fletchall Harper, Tami Villier Peterson, Brenda Yates Spellmeyer, Rhonda Wagner Hollingshead, Angie Donahe Anderson, Joel Edge, Anne Karbula Nielsen and Paige Pohlman ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1961/65 years ago County firemen backing new rural address proposal Plans for a rural addressing service, backed by the Hamilton County Fire association were disclosed today by Stuart Barkema, Jewell fire chief, who is president of the county associa­tion. Under the tentative program, every farm would be numbered according to a system which would not only benefit fire depart­ment workers in more rapid loca­tion of a blaze but would also be of help to law enforcement authorities, doctors, truckers, sales workers and other business or industrial representatives. Barkema pointed out ...