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WCCT Summer Youth Theatre Camp registrations due

Do you know a child that would enjoy learning more about theatre? Three professional teaching artists from Footliters Traveling Playhouse in Coralville will again lead campers as they audition for, rehearse, and perform the original musical, "The Great Zoo Escape." The performance will take place August 7 at 6:30 p.m. Camp will be held daily from 9:30 am to 1:30 p.m. August 3-7 at Webster City Community Theatre, 1001 Willson Avenue. The non-refundable registration fee is $45. Register online at wccommtheatre.ludus.com. The deadline is July 20. Registration is limited to 40 ...

Watch party this Sunday at Webster City Community Theatre

The watch party for “Come From Away” will be held on Sunday night at the Webster City Community Theatre—WCCCT, located at 1001 Willson Ave. in Webster City. Those attending should arrive by 3 p.m. “Come From Away” by Irene Sankoff and David Hein will close the WCCT 2026-2027 season on June 3-6 and 10-13, 2027. This Broadway musical tells the true story of 9/11 when 38 trans-Atlantic flights landed in Gander, Newfoundland. 7,000 passengers from across the world spent five days as the guests of the people on that small Canadian island. The cast of twelve portrays over 40 ...

Hardin County Farm Museum show demonstrates and shares our Agricultural past

If you are looking for some good old fashioned fun, filled with free activities for the whole family, plan to come to the 2026 Threshing Festival and Power Show on Saturday, July 25. The event will be hosted by the Hardin County Farm Museum on location north of Eldora. There is no admission to the show and all activities are free. The 2026 Threshing Festival and Power Show will feature all makes and models of tractors. Exhibitors are also encouraged to bring hit & miss engines, machinery, old trucks and whatever power equipment that anyone wants to display. There is no registration ...

The Cat Hut kicks off Cash for Cats fundraiser

The fifth annual Coins for Cats Fundraiser, now renamed Cash for Cats, benefiting Hamilton County Animal Advocates and The Cat Hut is going on now through August 14th. Collect spare cash and save lives! Stop by the Cat Hut at 1118 2nd Street in Webster City to pick up a cool blue coin collection cup. Fill your cup with loose change and cash and bring it to Webster City Financial Bank on Friday, August 14th between 2-3 p.m. to run through the coin counter and have your cash counted. You can also drop it off at The Cat Hut prior to August 14 and we’ll run your coins through ...

Turning Back the pages of Time

13TH DAY OF EXTREME HEAT IN THIS CITY Mercury Shoots to 105 De­grees Here at 1 O'clock in Afternoon. With the mercury dropping two degrees in two hours this after­noon Webster City residents were hoping it meant the end of the extreme heat wave which has gripped the city for the last 13 days. At 1 p. m. the mercury was at 105, but had dropped to 104 at 2 p. m. and still another degree, 103, at 3 p.m. The all time high of 109 was reached here yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the mercury clung there for several hours before heading down to more livable ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

July 14, 1936 90 years ago New Heat Record for the City 109 DEGREES IS RECORDED AT 3 O'CLOCK Previous High for the Summer Was 106 Yes­terday and July 4. The all time heat record for Webster City was shattered this afternoon when the mercury went shooting skyward to touch 109 de­grees at 3 p. m. All indications pointed to another degree rise be­fore the peak for the day was reached. The previous high mark for the city and immediate vicinity of this slimmer was 106 degrees yester­day and that also was the top mark of July 4, the second day of the current heat wave. ...