The Daily Freeman Journal and the Kendall Young Library are partnering to host two candidate forums next week to meet the Webster City candidates for the school board and the city council.

The events will be held in the basement community room of the Kendall Young Library. Each night the forums will run from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday night, October 27, the forum will include the candidates for the Webster City Community School District Board of Education. Six people are seeking three open seats on that board.

On Tuesday night, October 28, the forum will include the candidates for the City Council of Webster City. Four people are seeking three open seats on the council.

These forums are open to the public. On each night, audience members will be encouraged to ask questions of the candidates.

The moderator for each night is Bill Shea, editor of The Messenger, Fort Dodge.

Both forums will be live-streamed on the Daily Freeman-Journal Facebook page.

The forums will follow the following format:

Each candidate will be allowed 2 minutes to introduce themselves.

Questions from the public will be read to the candidates. Each candidate will have 2 minutes to answer the questions.

Those who are unable to attend the forum may submit their questions online to jcurtis@freemanjournal.net.

Voters will be asked to select one candidate in each district on the school board. They are:

Dave Stoakes, incumbent, and Ariel Bertran — director at large;

Kerry Jacobsen and Scot Ely — District 1;

Jerry Klaver and Amanda Sowle — District 3.

Voters will be asked to select three candidates for the three open positions on the city council

They are John Hawkins, incumbent; Ashley Allers, John Marvel and Tyler Moen.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 4. Early voting at the Hamilton County Courthouse is underway. The last day to cast a ballot early at the courthouse is prior to 4:30 p.m. on November 3.