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1926
J.H. Hice of Webster City loses five teeth at ball game
While watching the Williams-Jewell baseball game at the Hamilton County fair and exposition yesterday, J.H. Hice, 409 First St. was struck in the mouth by a batted ball, losing five teeth from the force of the blow.
The man at bat had hit several fouls in the direction of third base near which Mr. Hice was standing in the midst of a large crowd. The batter connected with the ball and cracked out a swift low hit which struck the ground and bounced, hitting Mr. Hice full in the mouth. A few minutes later, Mr. Hice's chin was turning black and blue.
"I was going to have those teeth pulled out anyhow," Mr. Hice stated, "so this only helped me out of a lot of expense."
1936
Bobby Brim shows Grand Champ steer; Harlan Hayes Colt
Bobby Brim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Brim of Cass township, ran off with the grand champion 4-H club steer at the county fair, with a Hereford calf weighing 990 pounds. It was without a doubt, the heaviest calf at the show.
Reserve champion went to Ronald Doolittle.
The grand champion club colt was shown by Harlan Hayes, Fremont township, a grade colt shown in the suckling colt division.
The showmanship class was won by Wendell Weidlein with Wallace Iverson and Mervin Teig placing second and third.
1961
Air Facilities to be dedicated
W.T. Piper of Piper Aircraft Corp. arrived in Webster City this morning and will be the principal speaker this evening at the country club banquet.
The banquet will get underway at 7:30, preceded by a social hour. Harvey Fishel of Webster City will be master of ceremonies. Other speakers in addition to Piper include Ron E. Pfeider of Franklin Mfg., Co., Minneapolis and Robert Niemers of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission. Mayor Pat Laughlin will give the address of welcome and city and airport officials will be introduced.
The new 2450 foot blacktopped runway and recently enlarged ramp, is 74 feet wide and can now accommodate aircraft weighing up to 33,000 pounds, the equivalent of a DC3. The dedication ceremony will be held after a Sunday morning flight breakfast, with Piper cutting the ribbon.
1986
School will add bus route
Parochial school elementary students will continue to be able to ride public school buses this year because of a decision made last evening.
The Webster City school board of education decided to add a winter bus route to allow St. Thomas Aquinas students ride the buses within the city of Webster City even though they don't live farther than the legal 2 mile minimum.
The board made the decision in response to complaints from St. Thomas Aquinas parents that the district had decided against letting their children ride within the city this year.
Superintendent Robert Horsfall explained the long history of busing in Webster City.
The state mandates that all students – public or private – be provided transportation if they are in elementary grades and live more than two miles from their designated school or more than three miles for high school students. The school board is allowed to make any provisions it wants to for students living under those distance limits.,
Years ago, because the new high school was built on the west side of the city instead of in a central location, the school agreed to allow high school students who aren't farther than three miles, but live in some of the farther parts of the city to ride the business, Horsfall said.
As the number of students declined and space became available on business, junior high students within the city were also allowed to ride.
Eventually, in the past several years, that has been extended to elementary school students who live in areas of the city where there aren’t sidewalks or where there are highways, deep ditches or other safety considerations.
1991
Quality Council offering more classes
The Webster City Quality Council is rapidly preparing for another season of building quality into every aspect of business and industrial life in Webster City.
"Transformation of Webster City" classes will begin next week at Iowa Central Community College. Three sessions will be offered, two designed for industries, anf one aimed at government, education, health care, retail and service businesses.
The objective of the class is to teach quality and productivity through team participation according to training committee chairman Ron Silbaugh.
1996
It's not just a fish story, students study aquaculture
The smell of batter fried fish wafted across the industrial arts room at Webster City High School Friday.
Students enrolled in Robert Zaabel and Dave Keane's aquaculture class were learning the proper way of filleting fish. The teachers had brought back some fully grown tilapia fish from a farm in Amana and students were learning about the fish they are planning to raise and find out what they would taste like.
Although some of the students had been fishing before, Keane was teaching them how to filet the fish to get the most food from it.
Efficiency is the idea. With the completion of four huge tanks at the school, the aquaculture classes plan to raise hundreds of fish, and learn about agriculture on a large scale basis.