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Kendall Young Library Board meets tonight The Board of Trustees for the Kendall Young Library meets tonight at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the meeting room in the lower level of the library located at 1200 Willson Avenue. On the agenda are the Farmer’s National Report, the Harvest Dinner, financial reports, board training on opening meetings, and open records, in addition to the Directors’ report. Items from old business include the financial reports for the past 4 years, meaning of the logo, meeting room and confidentiality policies and Hoopla. Public input is at the ...

State of Education panel to discuss issues in Hamilton County

The Hamilton County Growth Partnership (HCGP) is hosting its second annual State of Education event Thursday, August 27 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Briggs Woods Conference Center, 2501 Briggs Woods Trail, Webster City. A panel of local educators; Matt Berninghaus (Webster City), Heather Holm (South Hamilton) and Jesse Ulrich (Iowa Central Community College) will be convened to discuss progress of their school systems in the past year and future plans. A question-and-answer session will follow the panel discussion. Jesse Ulrich, President of Iowa Central Community College, ...

Restoration work is one of first in the state

Nearly 30 individuals from around Iowa traveled north of Webster City Saturday to study the oxbow restoration work that has been done by Ray Fry, a local farm manager who started the project working with some state and federal agencies. The property which is now owned by Seldon Spencer, a ...

Abandoned house acquired by city

(photo by Robert E. Oliver) The home at 1111 Third Street, Webster City, most recently owned by Justin Culver, has not had utilities provided for over six months, and is abandoned. It was recently acquired by the city and will be demolished at taxpayer expense before the end of the year.

Turning back the pages of time

1926/100 years ago City council accepts gift of late P.M. Banks for fountain in city A fitting memorial to be dedicated to the “memory of deceased soldiers of the county” will be erected in the shape of a beautiful fountain in Graceland cemetery, according to the resolution unanimously adopted by the city council last night. The funds for such a memorial were provided for in the last will and testament of the late P.M. Banks, pioneer of Hamilton county and Civil war veteran, who also served for many years on the city council and as mayor and city clerk here. A committee was ...

Teachers highlight High School issues amid renovation talks

Editors note: We asked three teachers for their thoughts. This is the second of a series of articles concerning the Webster City High School project; considering what is needed and how the building has functioned for the students, teachers and staff. A lot of good people are working on ideas for improving Webster City High School, if voters agree in a referendum scheduled for September 8, 2026. We wanted to make sure some of the people that would be most affected by any change in the building had their say – teachers. For this article, we turned to our second teacher with years of ...