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Large crowd attend Whiskers and Wine fundraiser Saturday

Andy Anderson in foreground, and Mike Leeds in background entertained over 160 people who attended the Whiskers and Wine fundraiser on Saturday. The duo engaged the audience with a comedy pairing between the two, performing songs at request, and providing humor all throughout the evening. The Whiskers and Wine fundraiser is the largest event of the year for The Cat Hut and Hamilton County AdvoCATes. Submitted photo

Kendall Young Library announces their October adult programs

Kendall Young Library will be having Adult Programs throughout the month of October as follows: Special Adult Programs Historic Stroll Along Willson Avenue – Patrons of all ages are invited to a Historic Stroll Along Willson Avenue on Saturday, October 3, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Jane Young House. This stroll will explore the history and architecture of one of the first streets in Webster City. Valerie Rickert will be the local tour guide with her love and knowledge of local history. Wear comfortable walking shoes. Journey of the Forgotten: The Orphans of ...

G’day

CORRECTION: The South Hamilton Homecoming court story on Friday gave the wrong names for the court. Those who were honored as part of the South Hamilton Homecoming Court were Rosemary Chamness, Aliya Erickson, Cici Herrick, Tessa Skartvedt, Kaden Dean, Jackson Olmstead, Ryan Oskvig and Justin Simmons. Fall Festival at Faith The annual fall festival will be held Saturday Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. From 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. they will be serving warm caramel rolls and apple dumplings. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be a beef burger lunch. The Faith United Methodist ...

Turning back the pages of time

1926 Legion posts of county hold meet The first meeting of the county organization of American Legion posts was held last night at Jewell with all represented with the exception of the Williams post. The posts represented at the meetings were Stratford, Ellsworth, Stanhope and Webster City. 1956 Yungclas to be co-chairman of Centennial Wm. H. (Bill) Yungclas, Sr. has accepted the appointment as co-chairman for the Webster City Centennial committee, it was announced today by Chamber of Commerce officials. Two years ago the chamber appointed Walt Aman and Glenn Long as ...

Wildcard, Lynx football team-up in 9/11 benefit

The Daily Freeman Journal made a big effort to help Webster City remember the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We carried stories of both local and national relevance, and even inserted a free keepsake edition of 9/11 stories produced by our sister papers in the Ogden Newspaper group, owners of the Daily Freeman Journal, on September 11 itself. We felt we had done our best with an important story. Then, another story came to our attention, one that could make you stand up and cheer . . . for our country, and our football team. Looking at this year’s Lynx football schedule, ...

Joachim and Garcia crowned South Hamilton Homecoming King and Queen

Tonight, the South Hamilton schools will be celebrating Homecoming, with a football game against East Sac County at 7 p.m. Reigning all week over the Homecoming activities in Jewell are Layla Joachim and Jesus Garcia, who were crowned in a coronation ceremony on Sunday evening as the 2026 South Hamilton High School Queen and King. The full court of candidates for Queen include Ava Corbin, Abby Moline, Isabel Swenson, Sofia Wesipfenning and Layla Joachhim. The King candidates for King were Sam Koehnk, Luke Martensen, Jesus Garcia, Parker Stuck and Gaige Willis. There will be a Pep ...