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Corgi Race registration open now

Registration is now open for the 2026 Hamilton County Fair Corgi Races. Registration for participants is due by July 16. The second annual Corgi races will be held Wednesday, July 22, at 6 p.m. This will again be held in the Hamilton County Fair show arena at the fairgrounds. Sponsored by the Hamilton County Farm Bureau, there is no registration fee. Only a parking pass is needed to participate. All animals participating must have proof of current vaccinations and kennel cough to participate. Last year was the first year to offer the Corgi races. According to Randy Greufe, ...

Webster City graduate named region president in Missouri

Dr. Ryan Bergeson, a 1999 graduate of Webster City High School has been named a region president by the Missouri Association of School Administrators. Bergeson, has served as the superintendent at Scotland Co R-1 Schools in Memphis, Missouri, for 14 years. Bergeson and his wife Jenny have ...

Unique flag on display

A new patriotic representation of the American Flag is now hanging in downtown Williams, thanks to the creative efforts of Christy Martinez and her mother Carrie Hemken. The building sized flag was created using red, white and blue bandanas that are knotted together at each corner and is ...

Once upon a canvas

The Wilson Brewer Park and Depot Foundation members are seeking new homes for the artwork created by members of the Boone River Area Art Guild that is in storage in the Illinois Central Depot basement. Darlene Dingman, a volunteer at the depot museum, explained the paintings were left in ...

Iowa State Patrol releases names of victims of Wednesday’s crash on Highway 20

The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of the two drivers who died in the crash on Highway 20 Wednesday. According to the Iowa State accident report, Joseph Kennedy of Alden, who was driving a 2017 Chevy Silverado pickup, age 69 was pronounced dead at the scene. Aaron Scott Gomez of Harlingen, Texas, age 40, was driving a 2020 Ram 1500 pickup. Gomez was taken to the Van Diest Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. According to the state report, Kennedy was eastbound in the westbound lane of highway 20, when he struck the Gomez vehicle in the inside lane of Highway ...