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Saturday political forum is opportunity to ask questions of lawmakers

Saturday will be the first opportunity for community members to ask questions of its lawmakers during a political forum co-hosted by the Daily Freeman-Journal. Iowa Sen. Dennis Guth, R-28-Hancock County, and state Rep. Shannon Latham, R-90-Franklin County, will participate in the forum. The ...

Hinderks faces February arraignment on drug charge

A Woolstock man is scheduled to be arraigned for possession of meth on February 12 in Hamilton County following his arrest Sunday in Webster City Caleb John Hinderks, 31, 3296 Franklin Avenue, Woolstock, was charged Sunday with possession with Intent to deliver a schedule II controlled ...

Van Diest Medical Center will host SALT meeting February 1

Seniors and Law Enforcement Together — SALT — will meet Thursday, February 1, in the Clinic Board Room at Van Diest Medical Center, 2350 Hospital Drive, Webster City. Those attending are asked to use the exterior door to the Board Room, located along the sidewalk between the hospital and ...

Tickets go on sale

Caroline Ehn, Karina Murray and Lindsay Henderson, from left, portray the Frank women in "The Diary of Ann Frank." Tickets go on sale Saturday at the Webster City Community Theatre box office, 1001 Willson Ave., Webster City; 515 832-4456 or wcctboxoffice@gmail.com.

Falling bricks

Barricades went up earlier this week in front of 639 Second Street, Webster City, after bricks fell from the building’s south facade and landed on the sidewalk in front of the building. Built in 1890, the building now joins a trio of sites downtown that are barricaded in an attempt to warn ...

Webster City Police arrest driver for possession of meth

A traffic stop in the 900 block of First Street in Webster City Sunday resulted in the arrest of a driver who possessed methamphetamine. Caleb John Hendricks, 31, was charged after Police K9 Moab alerted officers to the presence of controlled substances, according to Shiloh Mork, Webster City ...