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Winterfest 2026

The Webster City High School students crowned Heidi Mendoza as queen and Cole Nohrenberg as king at the afternoon assembly held at the Prem Sahai auditorium on Thursday afternoon. Queen Heidi is the daughter of Milton and Kristi Mendoza. King Cole is the son of Melissa and Chad ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visiting central Iowa today

By KOLLEEN TAYLOR Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig is on the road today visiting several major agriculture projects in central Iowa. The trip, which is part of his 99 county tour, will take him to Boone and Webster City. The Boone stop will be at AgCertain. Secretary Naig will ...

A small piece of local history comes home to Webster City

Earlier this week a small envelope arrived at the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce. It contained a pocket-sized memo pad with a 1923/1924 calendar, and this note; “We are antique dealers and downsizing our inventory. I found this booklet from J.C. Penney in Webster City. It’s in ...

A Taste of Italy

The Blanden Memorial Art Museum presents “Cityscapes,” a watercolor exhibition by Fort Dodge native Richard Hanson, on view in the second floor gallery from Saturday through March 28. A public reception will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 7, with an artist talk beginning at 3 ...

Kendall Young Book Clubs meet next week

Kendall Young library offers three different adult book clubs in early February. There are multiple copies of each of the titles available to check out from the adult circulation desk. Adult Daytime Book Club: Kendall Young Library invites you to join in the February Book Club discussion on ...