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1936
Webster City taxes will be higher next year
Webster City taxpayers will be called upon next year to pay a larger amount than this year, according to the tax levies announced today by L.L. Doolittle, county auditor. This was somewhat offset by the announcement that the county levy will be slightly lower.
The city levy, just completed and which will be payable during 1937 will be 2.581 mils higher than the amount being collected this year. It will be remembered that today is the last for taxpayers to remit their second installments at the office of County Treasurer, J.K.Fear.
Will decide on new mail
Hamilton County voters will be called upon at the general election Nov. 3 to express their wishes relative to the construction of a new county jail.
The question will be whether the county voters want to issue bonds for $35,000 to construct the jail, which would also include a sheriff's residence.
The present structure was built about 35 years ago and to all indications has proven inadequate. During the last ten years there have been repeated jail breaks and the subsequent cost of repairing the holes in the walls.
1941
Hamilton County Fair is debt free
L.L. Lyle, secretary of the Hamilton county fair, announced Tuesday in his financial statement, that the organization is debt free and that there is a cash balance on hand.
In fact, the 1941 exposition staged the first five days of September made a profit of $3,251.11. Lyle announced. This is about $500 less net income than a year ago, he explained, but added that the fair this year had considerably more expense.
"All the bills are paid, we don't owe a cent," the secretary said. "In fact, even the expense of all the new buildings and other improvements have been paid in full and the exposition is in a very healthy financial condition."
1961
Lynx take over longest winning streak in state with 24th win
Webster City rolled to its 24th straight football victory, longest in the state, last night as the Lynx poured across 27 first half points and coasted to a 33-7 win over North Central conference rival Iowa Falls.
The game played at Iowa Falls, in a steady drizzle in the fourth quarter, was the Lynx' all the way.
Block busting Frank Reinhardt rallied three touchdowns to give him a total of eight for the season. Reinhardt, carrying the ball 12 times, picked up 78 yards to lead the Lynx in ground gaining for the night. Ted Hayes, skirting the slippery end, picked up 74 yards in eight tries.
Jerry Soncrat, Lynx right guard, scored his second touchdown of the season last night as he picked up an Iowa Falls fumble and raced 53 yards into pay dirt. Pat Chambers gave Soncrant an assist as Chambers jarred Gary Winters to knock the ball loose.
1986
Webster City High School selects Homecoming Court
Nina Svinelid a foreign exchange student from Norway, was crowned the Webster City High School Homecoming Queen during a special assembly this morning. Bart Chelsvig was crowned Homecoming King.
Other members of the homecoming court for queen candidates are Lori Elsden, Beth Bowan, Monica Malloy,Stacie Bergkamp and Stacie Anderson. Candidates for king were Mike Knokes, Archie Cooke, Jamie Bergkamp and Brad Dinsdale.
1996
New home, new name, but same great cruise
The 13th annual Cruise to the Woods may have a new home this year, but it hasn't forgotten Hamilton County entirely.
For 12 years, the collection of classic cars and trucks embarked from throughout the midwest with one destination in mind – Briggs Woods Park. Traveling in convoys of classics from several different routes, the classics converged each year in Stratford, forming one long parade north to Webster City, through town and south on Highway 17 to Briggs Woods Park.
The cruisers will again travel 10 different routes to meet in Stratford. But when they leave that little hamlet for this year's show on Sunday, their route will take them to Oak Park in Dayton.
Organizers announced their decision to move the cruise earlier this year. For the past several years, organizers have voiced concerns about too little space, the lack of paved roads, insufficient electrical service and other problems at Briggs Woods. Local members of the sponsoring organization commented at the time that it was one of the difficult decisions the group has faced. And while they said the decision was made with the best interest of the cruise in mind, they also did not close the door on the possibility of some day returning to Briggs Woods.
At the same time, the sponsoring organization has again changed its name. First known as the Webster City Cruisers. The group a few years ago changed to simply the WC Cruisers, primarily because the Webster City affiliation did not reflect the membership, which comes from a much wider area. In a press release issued earlier to this year's cruise, the organization is now referred to as "World Classic Cruisers."