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Van Diest Medical Center receives high rating

VDMC receives five-star ratings from CMS The Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) in Webster City is one of just nine Iowa hospitals to receive 5-stars from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) for patient experience for 2026, according to information released from Becker’s Hospital Review. Nationwide, 250 hospitals received a 5-star rating. CMS calculates patient survey star ratings from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which captures patients’ experiences during a recent hospital stay. A five-star mark is the highest rating ...

G’day

State of Education panel discussion today The Hamilton County Growth Partnerships annual State of Education panel will be held today at the Briggs Woods Conference Center. This begins at 11:45 a.m. and concludes at 1 p.m. The Briggs Woods Conference Center is located at 2501 Briggs Woods Trail. Matt Berninghaus, superintendent of Webster City Community Schools, Heather Holm, South Hamilton superintendent and Jesse Ulrich President of Iowa Central Community College will update those attending on their past year and future plans. Angel Ride is Saturday The annual Angel Tree Ride ...

Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs

The Riverview Early Childhood Center participates as a sponsor of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Through this program, meals are provided without regard to race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age, or disability. Child care participants who are members of FIP or SNAP households or who are Head Start participants are automatically eligible to receive free meals. Adult care participants who are members of SNAP households who are SSI or Medicaid participants are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. Meals are ...

Get a sneak peek at The Roommate Sunday

Join the Webster City Community Theatre for a Readers Theatre preview of The Roommate by Jen Silverman.' This will be held on Sunday, at 3 p.m. at Webster City Community Theatre,located at 1001 Willson Avenue in Webster City. Whether you enjoy performing on stage, working behind the scenes or simply reading a fun script, all are welcome to join in the fun and laughter. Bring a snack to share and your own beverage, settle in and enjoy an afternoon of theatre. Director Anne Blankenship will lead the reading of this funny, surprising and unconventional story of friendship and ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1926/100 years ago Zitterell Company gets power plant contract The W.J. Zitterell company of this city has just been awarded a contract for the construction of a $150,000 power plant at Sibley for the Northwest Light and Power company of Cedar Rapids. This job, together with others for this same company are under construction by the Zitterell company will make a total of some $400,000 worth of work the Webster City company will do for this concern this year. The Zitterell company at the present time has work under construction at Perry, Boone, Correctionville and Peterson, Iowa and ...

Kantor Avenue bridge closed indefinitely

The Hamilton County Supervisors once more had to consider the subject of bridges during their bi-monthly meeting held yesterday. Hamilton County Engineer, Ryan Weidemann talked about the closure of the Kantor Avenue bridge which spanned the Union Pacific railroad track, located just one ...