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Webster City business puzzler Day #3

The puzzle that takes watching each day of the newspaper continues today. Starting with last Friday's newspaper and Our Hometown, readers can be part of a scavenger hunt style puzzle will conclude at the end of Ladies Night Out on Thursday. We are including photos of business owners and employees who are participating with the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce, Ladies Night Out event, which is not identified with any explanation. This is on purpose. The Daily Freeman Journal will put a photo somewhere in the newspaper each day until Thursday without identifying the business or the ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1936 Board against play project The school board last evening put the kibosh on the proposed WPA playground project in Webster City, at least so far as giving any cooperation in concerned. While no formal vote was taken, discussion revealed that the members were unanimous in their position that the schools had no use for the project. Their opinion was that the schools have enough extra-curricular activities without adding the playground project. Members feel that the city employs some sixty teachers trained to give pupils the activities they need outside school hours. The Woman’s ...

Community invited to World’s Largest Polio Walk on World Polio Day

On October 24, World Polio Day, the Webster City Rotary Club and the community will join thousands of Rotary members across Region 36 – Zones 25 & 29 in the World’s Largest Polio Walk, a coordinated effort to raise awareness and support the global fight to end polio. As part of this initiative, 36,620 Rotarians and 964 Rotaractors across 11 states and 2 countries are expected to participate by organizing and joining walks in their local communities. The Webster City Rotary Club will host its local walk at Brewer Wilson Park on Saturday, October 24, beginning at 10 a.m. (check ...

WC Council considers three major projects tonight

Wastewater plant, new subdivision and sewer bonds on docket The City Council of Webster City is expected to discuss and vote on three issues capable of influencing the city’s future for decades to come at its second regularly-scheduled meeting of October tonight. The first is whether ...

Meals on Wheels celebrates their volunteers

The Webster City Meals on Wheels volunteers celebrated last Wednesday at Fosters Funeral and Cremation Center. 26 volunteers and board members sat down and enjoyed a brunch prepared by board members. Not only was it time to commend the individuals who have volunteered to drive meals to ...

Nearly 400 Hamilton County residents will need to change Medicare plans

The Medicare Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Plans opened October 15 and runs through December 7. Ahead of this year’s enrollment window, more than 87,000 Iowa Medicare beneficiaries statewide received notice that their current Medicare plan is being canceled or discontinued in their county - including an estimated 395 beneficiaries in Hamilton County, according to a statewide SHIIP update shared by the Van Diest Medical Center. A complete list of affected Medicare Advantage, Cost and Part D plans, along with affected counties, is ...