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D/SAOC award $7500 grant

The Iowa Credit Union Foundation (ICUF) announced last week that they will be awarding $7,500 to the Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center in Fort Dodge. The grant they received was due to a nomination by the Peoples Credit Union of Webster City. The funds are distributed through the ICUF Financial Inclusion Grant program which directs financial resources to organizations which serve minority populations, working to remove barriers to financial well-being for underserved Iowans. The grant is designed to address areas such as financial literacy, affordable housing and ...

Van Diest Supply celebrates 70th anniversary on Sept. 11

The Van Diest Supply Company will be hosting an Open House on Friday, inviting the public to join them in celebrating the 70th Anniversary of their business. There will be guided tours offered of their facility in addition to a lunch. The event begins at 11 a.m. and continues until 1 p.m., ...

Voters approve all three issues to support Webster City High School improvements

According to Hamilton County Auditor Kim Schaa, 197 absentee ballots were received and 1384 total ballots were cast. The unofficial results were as follows: Measure #1: 831 voted yes 548 voted no Measure #2: 793 voted yes, 586 voted no Measure #3: 853 voted yes, 529 voted no Webster County results were not available.

Downtown revitalization, water main on council agenda tonight.

When the City Council of Webster City meets tonight, two issues are likely to dominate its deliberations: whether to authorize spending up to $1,250,000 in TIF funds for downtown revitalization, and whether to award a contract for $325,728.04 for water main extensions on the east side, principally to serve Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods. In August, 2023, the building at Willson Avenue and Second Street, once home to Coulter’s Drapery Shop, was declared unsafe. The possibility of falling brick, and danger to pedestrians on the sidewalk caused it to be barricaded in August, 2023. Three ...

Tickets now on sale for the Birthday Club

Tickets are now on sale for Webster City Community Theatre’s upcoming production of Birthday Club, a comedy by playwright Phil Olson. Birthday Club follows five women who gather to celebrate their birthdays together. But between the cake, candles and birthday wishes, their gatherings ...

G’day

Don’t forget to vote! Voting for the High School renovations is today. Starting at 7 a.m., voters can vote at the Ed Prince building at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds. The polls remain open until 8 p.m. 370th St. closed starting today 370th St between Ziegler Ave and Zublin Ave will be closed next week starting on Tuesday, September 8th at 7 a.m., until Wednesday, September 16th at 3:30 p.m.. Hamilton County Secondary Road crews will be removing an old concrete bridge and replacing it with a new corrugated metal pipe during this time. County Supervisors meet tomorrow The ...