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City of Webster City boards and commissions have multiple openings

Our local government is not just run by our elected officials, they also get support, guidance, and recommendations from various boards and commissions that are appointed each year. Getting appointed is not just about who you know, but it takes an application to the city. There are ...

Heavy rainfall on saturated soil creates perfect storm

The Hamilton County Engineer's office has had to close about a dozen roads around the county as a result of the rainfall yesterday. But County Engineer Ryan Weidemann feels the water will go down quickly. “We had 50 to 100 locations that had water over them last night,” said Weidemann, “If you do come across an area where the water is over the road, turn around and find another route.” Weidemann said that most of the areas that have been closed are in the southern part of the county where over four inches of rain was reported. “Most of these will go down fairly ...

Extra milk, extra hope

Webster County now has its own breast milk collection depot, giving area mothers a convenient way to donate surplus breast milk to help medically vulnerable infants. Located at the Webster County Health Department, the new depot has already collected approximately 2,000 ounces of donated breast milk, eliminating the need for local donors to travel more than an hour to the nearest collection sites in Lake City or Clarion. The new depot came about thanks in part to UnityPoint Health nurse Morgan Border, who found herself with more breast milk than her baby needed and a freezer running ...

Turning Back the pages of time

1926 Methodist Conference comes here next year The Northwest Iowa Methodist conference for 1927 will be held in Webster City. Rev. Thomas F. Collins, who has served the Webster City area as pastor for the year past, has been returned to that charge. This brief wire received from J.L. Peterson today will be good news to Webster City. The Webster City church next year will be celebrating the seventieth year since its founding and the movement to bring the conference here was started some months ago in a quiet way as a big event to mark this anniversary. The conference will bring to ...

G’Day

It's a great day to build a float Congratulations to WCHS Homecoming Court The Webster City High School Homecoming Court has been named for next week’s Homecoming festivities. The queen candidates are Amanda Lahr, Hayden McCoy, Avery Poppen, Lovie Pruisman and Tristyn Wright. The king candidates are Grant Arends, Coyce Bertran, Luke Blake, Kaleb Hansen and Zach Lahr. Homecoming events include: Thursday, Oct. 8 – Boom Night, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 – Homecoming Parade – 2:30 p.m. Lynx vs. Sioux City Bishop Heelen football game – 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 – ...