Lilly Campbell checks out her locker at St. Thomas Aquinas School before heading into her new classroom. The new school year in Webster City began on Monday.
Schools all over Hamilton County welcomed students back to the classroom on Monday. St. Thomas Aquinas School teacher Korrinne Nelson helps students get settled in her classroom for the start of the new year.
— Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Anne Blankenship
Warm fall days can draw largemouth bass into the shallow reeds. That’s where Mike Frisch caught this one.
Lilly Campbell checks out her locker at St. Thomas Aquinas School before heading into her new classroom. The new school year in Webster City began on Monday.
— Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Teresa Wood
Williams American Legion Post 633 Past Commanders Wayne Wahlert and Don D. Williams are assisted by Northeast Hamilton Elementary School custodian Cody Crouch at the opening day flag ceremony on Monday at the Blairsburg school. It is a new beginning for NEH as it is now part of the Webster City School District.
Northeast Hamilton Elementary School students assembled at the flagpole for the traditional first day of school ceremony on Monday. After hearing from Jessica Hector, the new school principal, the students joined with American Legion Post 633 members Wayne Wahlert and Don D. Williams in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and singing the “Star Spangled Banner”
PAT NOLLER
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Firefighters Dan Casey and Cole Youngdale work with the rigging for a simulated mid-air rescue. The training was held last week at the fire station.