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Veteran Affairs hosts coffee Wednesday The Hamilton County Veterans Affairs will host their 'Grounds for Service' coffee Wednesday morning at the Hamilton County Courthouse. This will begin at 8:30 a.m. and be held in the basement meeting room of the courthouse. The coffee will provide an informal gathering of veterans and the Veterans Affairs office will offer information about what the local VA office can do to support veterans. Trustees for Van Diest Medical Center meet Tuesday. The Van Diest Medical Center board of trustees will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. This will be ...

Muhlbauer Brings Campaign for Governor to Webster City.

Dave Muhlbauer, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, spoke to an audience of 20 yesterday at The Elks in Webster City. The candidate forum was sponsored by Hamilton County Growth Partnership, (HCGP). As he introduced Muhlbauer, HCGP Executive Director Ottie Maxey said the Partnership would contact the Lahn campaign, so “voters get to hear from both sides.” Greg Piklapp, Director Economic Development at the Ames Regional Economic Alliance, moderated the forum, making it clear the Alliance “never endorses individual candidates.” Dressed in jeans, boots and without a ...

Whiskers and Wine: Dueling Piano Comedy event next weekend

In just a few short days, the largest fundraiser of the year for The Cat Hut and Hamilton County AdvoCATes will be held. The event, which includes a formal dinner at the Briggs Woods Conference Center, a silent auction and a blind wine event will also include entertainment by the Dueling Piano ...

WCCT celebrates past season, looks ahead during annual meeting

It was an evening of celebration, recognition and anticipation as members and friends of Webster City Community Theatre gathered Sunday, Sept. 13, for the organization’s Annual Meeting and Potluck. The evening offered a chance to celebrate the people and productions that made the past ...

Comedy team has local ties

Since 2008, the entertaining duo of Andy Anderson & Mike Leeds have been traveling the Midwest performing their high-energy, engaging dueling piano routine for audiences of all ages. Having performed together for nearly a decade in other musical projects prior to forming their popular dueling pianos act, they have a distinctive, almost brotherly on-stage chemistry that accommodates hilarious spontaneity, crowd-pleasing antics, and a musical camaraderie that delivers a one-of-a-kind, unique show. Covering song requests from the 1950s through the favorite songs of today, they specialize ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

Turning - Sept. 17 1926 Local players in Des Moines The production of “On Vengeance Height” by the Webster City Players at Hoyt-Sherman Place in Des Moines last night as an entertainment feature at the state board meeting of the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs was highly complimented by members from all parts of the state. This play, given under the direction of Mrs. D.C. Chase, Jr., was awarded first place in the state drama contest, sponsored by the drama department of the state federation and also by the state university last spring at Iowa City. Mrs. Dorothy O. Kamrar ...