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Hotel/Motel Tax Grant meeting Wednesday The Hotel/Motel grant board will meet today at 5:30 p.m. at the Webster City City Hall. The meeting will be held in the Council chambers located at 400 Second St. Daytime book club meets August 11 at KYL The Kendall Young Library August Book Club discussion will be held on Tuesday, August 11 about “All the Colors of the Dark” by Chris Whitaker. The discussion begins at 1:30 p.m. for an hour. Books are available at the adult checkout desk if interested in participating. A book for the September Book Club will be announced and ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

July 29, 1946 Release 20 names for Barracks C.C. McCarthy, city manager, today released the names of twenty successful applicants for the 24 emergency housing units now being erected on the Bonebright lots. Four other names picked by the conference committee are being withheld for further study to make sure they are eligible for the housing. A mistake in granting housing now would not help an ineligible applicant, McCarthy said, since the person erroneously given the unit would be denied the quarters as soon as the mistake was discovered. The conference committee, which selected ...

Staycation Night comes to Webster City Market Night Thursday

You don’t have to travel far to enjoy a great summer evening. Grab the family and join the Staycation Night at Webster City Market Nights on tomorrow from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in downtown Webster City. This week’s event is packed with entertainment, family fun, delicious food, and community activities—everything one needs for the perfect hometown staycation. Taking the Availa Bank Plaza Stage is local favorite Birdie Young, providing the soundtrack for an enjoyable evening of shopping, dining, and connecting with friends and neighbors. A special thank you to Good Life RV, which ...

Report on reducing environmental risks of cancer travels across the state Iowans are listening to findings from Iowa Environmental Council and weighing how to get involved

BOONE – In a conference room at the Ericson Public Library Tuesday, cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials and community activists from Boone County discussed the things they have done to reduce their exposure to carcinogens and the things they hope will change in Iowa to help lower the state’s high cancer rates. The discussion in downtown Boone was part of a series of community conversations led by the Iowa Environmental Council about the information in the “Environmental Risk Factors and Iowa’s Cancer Crisis” report the council released in March. Kathy Toms, a Boone ...

Sand touts plans for iowa

FORT DODGE — Rob Sand told a Fort Dodge audience Monday that he will bring a different approach to the governor’s office that will produce solutions that work for Iowans on everything from water quality to mental health. The Democrat said the state now has two “private clubs” - The ...

Our Neighborhood: Ellingson family focus

It’s been quite a while, nearly two years, since I sat down and wrote about Our Neighborhood. Time, it seems, really does fly by faster and faster the longer we live. Dion, in his song “Abraham, Martin and John”, uses the line “it seems, the good, they die young”. It’s certainly been my experience that there are a lot of good people residing there. Osmond Ellingson was born in Norway, Iowa in 1865. Schooling in Mt Vernon was followed by a college graduation from the University of Michigan Law School in 1892. Osmond moved to Webster City and practiced with Judge ...