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Addams Family opens tonight

Jack Barner as Festus Addams, stares intently at the audience during the Webster City High School production of "The Addams Family.' The show opens tonight at the Prem Sahai auditorium at the Webster City High School located at 1001 Lynx Ave. The cost of the tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for ...

America at 250: A journey through time, told through our communities

What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within the boundaries of the law, do, say and think what we wish; we can worship as we choose; we have ...

Wilson Brewer plats Newcastle, later renamed Webster City

When the founding fathers in the east coast were working on the Constitution for the United States, Webster City nor Iowa were in their vision. At that point exploration beyond the thirteen colonies were very limited. The area known as Webster City and Hamilton County at that time had indian ...

‘The Addams Family’ opens Friday night at Prem Sahai Auditorum

It is a little dark, a little scary, but the music and talent on the Webster City High School stage this weekend will be certain to brighten moods of all attending “The Addams Family” musical comedy. The first public performance is at 7 p.m. on Friday night at 1201 Lynx Ave., at the ...

The hunt is on

With mesh bags in hand, their heads mostly looking down, and a keen desire to find the motherload of morels, a secretive band of hunters is about to hit the woods in central Iowa. Will this be the year when the sometimes elusive morel mushrooms are abundant for those willing to trek into ...