Editor’s note: This is the first in a series exploring Webster City and Webster City Rotary’s connection to Ukraine. As you will read, the writer, Doug Bailey, is working from an intensely personal perspective. By DOUG BAILEY At the end of WWII the Northwestern border of Romania was ...

Hamilton County formally committed to joining the Ames Economic Development Alliance Tuesday morning, but not before the man who would lead the alliance gave the room full of citizens a glimpse of what he sees for the future. Dan Culhane, who now is the president and chief executive officer ...

A caretaker who pleaded guilty to leaving a special needs man in a scalding shower in Webster City in 2022 will be sentenced May 29 in Hamilton County. Nicholas Brendan Seamonds died on December 20, 2022, as the result of injuries he sustained from “neglect of care” that occurred December ...

The Hamilton County Conservation Board will meet Thursday, April 25, at the Briggs Woods Conservation Headquarters Building, Briggs Woods Park. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. On the agenda are multiple reports, including from parks and staff and a golf course report. There will also be a ...

Robin Meyer, RN, BSN, CNOR, CNAMB, RNFA, was awarded a Daisy Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award at Van Diest Medical Center on Tuesday, April 23, in recognition of her exceptional patient care and compassion. Meyer is retiring from her position as the surgery and specialty clinics manager ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Hamilton County will host an Iowa Farmers Market Nutrition Program vendor training on May 30 at 9 a.m. This training is for fruit and vegetable growers, as well as honey producers, who sell their product at farmers markets, and aims to enhance ...