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Homer Threshing Bee takes a step back in time

HOMER — Jazmine Meeks, of Duncombe, was sitting in the seat of a restored 1950 John Deere A Saturday morning at the 25th West Central Region Cockshutt & CO-OP Club Threshing Bee with her little sister Jennie Phipps, of Wolf. Jennie got to pretend she was driving. Meeks got to experience some memories on the bright shiny green machine. “There’s a lot of memories with my great-grandfather,” Meeks said. “We used to ride on them; we used to rebuild tractors together.” While her great-grandfather, Rollie Stevens, is gone, the family still has one of his ...

Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001

Where were you? What did you do, the day the world stopped Tell us your story for a special edition for September 11, 2026 It’s been 25 years since the tragedy of 9/11, a day remembered as the day the United States was attacked on its mainland. Memories of that day are being sought ...

Turning back the pages of time

1926/100 years ago Custer Caravan arrives in city The caravan of the Custer Battlefield Highway Association, delegates to the seventh annual convention to be held at Des Moines starting tomorrow, arrived in Webster City this afternoon shortly after 2 o’clock. There were about 20 cars in the caravan and it was stated the other delegates had gone to the state capital by train. One hundred are expected to attend the sessions of the association . The travelers were welcomed to Webster City and were escorted through the city by local business men with officer F.N. Baker acting as guide. ...

G’day

Day Care floor plan correction. The floor plan printed in yesterday's paper was an earlier version of the layout of the building. The multi-purpose room to the east of the building is not part of the current plan. Chamber Retail Committee to meet today The Webster City Chamber of Commerce retail committee will meet at 9 a.m. at the Webster City Chamber of Commerce office. The Chamber office is located at 628 2nd St. The committee will meet the Chamber of Commerce Director, Taylor Nokes, and will be discussing promotions for the fall. All chamber members and interested persons ...

Local RC Speedway in high gear

Mike Henely leads a double life. Monday through Thursday he works at ISU, but Fridays you’ll find him doing what he loves best: running White Fox RC Speedway. This local speedway is located at 402 White Fox Road in Webster City. We met him at the speedway last Friday night, where about ...

Daycare remodeling underway

The Riverview Early Childhood Development Center board has been meeting monthly to make final decisions on the future home of the daycare for Webster City. The building, located 1317 Beach Street is going through a major renovation, with board members working to stay ahead of construction decisions. Board member, Janet Adams, says they are making a lot of progress. “We picked out the carpeting, paint colors and floor covering,” she said. The floors will be laminate type flooring where the children will be located.” Carpeting, she explained, will be in the office ...