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Ladies Night Out: Come see what we have in store

It’s a night for the ladies, from far and near, and more than ever, a night for laughter, shopping, holiday browsing and enjoying the amenities and special activities throughout the night. Ladies Night Out in Webster City is the best night of the year to get out, explore, and enjoy ...

Part One – Expensive, controversial project has a long history

When it became clear Webster City had to replace or substantially upgrade its wastewater treatment plant in 2016, nobody thought it would take 10 years to get the project started. Certainly not Mayor John Hawkins, the only member of today’s City Council of Webster City who was also serving ...

Know your merchants puzzler – Day #5

The last and final day of the merchant puzzler features another of our Webster City businesses featured as part of our puzzle. Starting with last Friday's newspaper readers can be part of a scavenger hunt style puzzle that concludes at the end of Ladies Night Out on Thursday. We have ...

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Middle School Choir concert tonight The Webster City Middle School will hold their fall concert tonight at 7 p.m. in the Prem Sahai Auditorium at the Webster City High School. This is located at 1001 Lynx Avenue in Webster City. The theme is “Reign, Rhythm & Rapsody, celebrating music fit for royalty. The concert is free and open to the public. Autumn festival hay rides Saturday at Briggs Woods The Autumn Festival Hay Rides will be held at Briggs Woods park Saturday starting at 4 p.m. There will be three opportunities to take the ride through the park, at 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m. ...

Susan Ahlers Leman Memorial Scholarship announced

A new scholarship honoring the legacy of Susan Ahlers Leman will support college students from Fort Dodge and Webster City who are pursuing careers in music or theatre. The Susan Ahler Ahlers Leman Memorial Scholarship was created to celebrate Susan’s leadership and lifelong dedication to the arts in North Central Iowa. Prior to her passing in 2024, she played a pivotal role in revitalizing the Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association, elevating the arts throughout Fort Dodge and surrounding areas. Beginning in 2014, Ahlers worked to strengthen the Association’s presence and ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1936 Mrs. Percy Neese has not seen her mother for last 32 years; to be reunited A mother who refused to believe her daughter had died, and the daughter who had been led to believe for 32 years that her mother was dead are planning to see each other some time next month. The mother is Mrs. A.O. Wells, of Colorado, Alaska and the daughter is Mrs. Percy Neese who lives in the Saratoga community south of Webster City. Mrs. Neese learned of her mothers whereabouts recently from an uncle living in Oklahoma and immediately wrote to her in Alaska asking Mrs. Wells to come to Iowa for a ...