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Hardin County Farm Museum show demonstrates and shares our Agricultural past

If you are looking for some good old fashioned fun, filled with free activities for the whole family, plan to come to the 2026 Threshing Festival and Power Show on Saturday, July 25. The event will be hosted by the Hardin County Farm Museum on location north of Eldora. There is no admission to the show and all activities are free. The 2026 Threshing Festival and Power Show will feature all makes and models of tractors. Exhibitors are also encouraged to bring hit & miss engines, machinery, old trucks and whatever power equipment that anyone wants to display. There is no registration ...

The Cat Hut kicks off Cash for Cats fundraiser

The fifth annual Coins for Cats Fundraiser, now renamed Cash for Cats, benefiting Hamilton County Animal Advocates and The Cat Hut is going on now through August 14th. Collect spare cash and save lives! Stop by the Cat Hut at 1118 2nd Street in Webster City to pick up a cool blue coin collection cup. Fill your cup with loose change and cash and bring it to Webster City Financial Bank on Friday, August 14th between 2-3 p.m. to run through the coin counter and have your cash counted. You can also drop it off at The Cat Hut prior to August 14 and we’ll run your coins through ...

Turning Back the pages of Time

13TH DAY OF EXTREME HEAT IN THIS CITY Mercury Shoots to 105 De­grees Here at 1 O'clock in Afternoon. With the mercury dropping two degrees in two hours this after­noon Webster City residents were hoping it meant the end of the extreme heat wave which has gripped the city for the last 13 days. At 1 p. m. the mercury was at 105, but had dropped to 104 at 2 p. m. and still another degree, 103, at 3 p.m. The all time high of 109 was reached here yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the mercury clung there for several hours before heading down to more livable ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

July 14, 1936 90 years ago New Heat Record for the City 109 DEGREES IS RECORDED AT 3 O'CLOCK Previous High for the Summer Was 106 Yes­terday and July 4. The all time heat record for Webster City was shattered this afternoon when the mercury went shooting skyward to touch 109 de­grees at 3 p. m. All indications pointed to another degree rise be­fore the peak for the day was reached. The previous high mark for the city and immediate vicinity of this slimmer was 106 degrees yester­day and that also was the top mark of July 4, the second day of the current heat wave. ...

Six young women seek title of Hamilton County Fair Queen

Fair week begins next Tuesday with the Hamilton County Fair kicking off the activities on Tuesday with the Hamilton County Fair parade starting at 5:30 p.m. The Hamilton County Fair Foundation meal and beer garden will be held at the fairgrounds at the end of the parade. The Hamilton County Fair Queen will be crowned on Tuesday evening at the Grandstand, with the ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. Six Hamilton County young women will be competing for the title of the Hamilton County Fair queen. They are Olivia Bergman, Rosie Collins, Sophia Nibe, Delaney Paulson, Samantha Tilley and ...

Chelesvig honored for 45 years at Iowa Central

Thomas O. Chelesvig first took office as a member of the Iowa Central Community College Board of Trustees in 1981. He is still a trustee helping to guide the college 45 years later. His remarkable tenure was recognized recently by Community Colleges for Iowa. The Webster City man was presented an award during the group’s Summer Trustees Conference held at Marshalltown Community College. The college issued the following statement honoring Chelesvig: “Thomas O. Chelesvig’s tenure as a trustee spans one of the most transformative periods in Iowa Central history, from changes in ...