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Roots & Return Art Exhibition to recognize alumni artists

By KOLLEEN TAYLOR A special alumni art exhibition will begin on September 3 at the Iowa Central Art and Technology Gallery in Fort Dodge at the Iowa Central Community College campus. The college is located at One Triton Circle in Fort Dodge. The Art and Technology building is located just past the Triton Cafe inside the Triton Circle. Maureen Seamonds, Rusty Farrington and Richard Hanson were the instructors for Iowa Central Community College providing art instruction between the years of 1980 and 2018. They are working together to set up this exhibition of their students who ...

G’day

Tollman Ave. to be closed Thursday Tollman Ave between 170th St and Wright County 330th St (C70) will be closed today starting at 7 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. while Hamilton County Secondary road crews repair a tile line. Tollman Ave. will also be closed between 340th St. and 360th St. during the same time period. During this time a private tile line is being installed across the road. Head Start to sponsor Child and Adult Care Food Program YOUR, Inc. Head Start announces their sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program for the Webster City Head Start classroom. Meals are ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

Turning - August 20 1936 Boy, 17 is healthiest in county Harold Crosby, 17 son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Crosby was declared winner of the boy’s 4-H county health contest yesterday. His score was 99.2 percent. Harold drinks at least two quarts of milk a day, does not use narcotics, and has regular sleeping hours. He will represent Hamilton County at the state contest which will be held at the Iowa State Fair. Warren Doolittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Doolittle, was runner up with 98.9 percent. The following boys were in the contest: Warren Doolittle, Albert Koolhof, Clarence ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1946/80 years ago Women will exhibit at State Fair Hamilton County women are going to the state fair this year with an exhibit tucked under their arms. The women have prepared an exhibit on re-upholstering furniture, a follow-up of their years work in the extension family living program. Mrs. Byron Frakes is chairman of the special committee which has been planning the show. Other members are Mrs. Merrill Pierce, Mrs. Ray Baird and Mrs. William Yungclas. Other Hamilton County fair exhibits will include the 4-H boys exhibit on the control of mastitis, with Laurence Ricke, Russell ...

“Funding Your Next Project” registration is open

The Enhance Hamilton County Foundation, in partnership with Hamilton County Growth Partnership, will host a workshop called “Funding Your Next Project” Wednesday, September 9, at 5 p.m. at the Briggs Woods Conference Center. The workshop is designed for nonprofits, community organizations, committees, local leaders, and project organizers interested in learning more about funding resources and strategies to help move community projects forward. “We often hear from organizations and community groups looking for funding options, grant opportunities, and guidance on how to ...

City to buy 545 Second St., solar connection approved

Monday night the City Council of Webster City voted unanimously to buy 545 Second Street, once home to Kelly’s Bar & Grill, from owner Cindy Bettis, for $65,000. This clears the way for the city to dispose of the property, selling it to new owners, or as is widely expected, demolishing it. The building is next-door to the former Coulter’s Drapery Shop, vacant for over five years, and officially classified as structurally unsafe since August, 2023. Councilman John Marvel, a downtown businessman who’s interested and engaged in downtown revitalization, hailed the action as “a ...