Kristen Hovey and Isaac Hernandez have walked a long road together. Their journey started more than three years ago — and hundreds of miles apart — when a string of circumstances led to Hovey donating part of her liver so that Hernandez could have a second chance at life. Hovey, who ...

JEWELL — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will be in Hamilton County on Thursday, December 11 as part of his annual visit to each of the 99 counties in Iowa. Secretary Naig will be visiting two businesses in Jewell. He will be at the Jewell Market and Juniper and Olive Co., for a ...

The Webster City Community School District Board of Education basically held two board meetings on Monday night. The second could be characterized as “out with the old, in with the new.” New board members Jerry Klaver and Kerry Jacobsen, who were elected in November, joined ...

The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors appointed two new commissioners to the Hamilton County Veterans Affairs Commission during its meeting Tuesday. Chairman Rick Young noted they had “five excellent candidates” for the two positions that were open. Devin Hensley was ...