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Staycation Night comes to Webster City Market Night Thursday

You don’t have to travel far to enjoy a great summer evening. Grab the family and join the Staycation Night at Webster City Market Nights on tomorrow from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in downtown Webster City. This week’s event is packed with entertainment, family fun, delicious food, and community activities—everything one needs for the perfect hometown staycation. Taking the Availa Bank Plaza Stage is local favorite Birdie Young, providing the soundtrack for an enjoyable evening of shopping, dining, and connecting with friends and neighbors. A special thank you to Good Life RV, which ...

Report on reducing environmental risks of cancer travels across the state Iowans are listening to findings from Iowa Environmental Council and weighing how to get involved

BOONE – In a conference room at the Ericson Public Library Tuesday, cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials and community activists from Boone County discussed the things they have done to reduce their exposure to carcinogens and the things they hope will change in Iowa to help lower the state’s high cancer rates. The discussion in downtown Boone was part of a series of community conversations led by the Iowa Environmental Council about the information in the “Environmental Risk Factors and Iowa’s Cancer Crisis” report the council released in March. Kathy Toms, a Boone ...

Sand touts plans for iowa

FORT DODGE — Rob Sand told a Fort Dodge audience Monday that he will bring a different approach to the governor’s office that will produce solutions that work for Iowans on everything from water quality to mental health. The Democrat said the state now has two “private clubs” - The ...

Our Neighborhood: Ellingson family focus

It’s been quite a while, nearly two years, since I sat down and wrote about Our Neighborhood. Time, it seems, really does fly by faster and faster the longer we live. Dion, in his song “Abraham, Martin and John”, uses the line “it seems, the good, they die young”. It’s certainly been my experience that there are a lot of good people residing there. Osmond Ellingson was born in Norway, Iowa in 1865. Schooling in Mt Vernon was followed by a college graduation from the University of Michigan Law School in 1892. Osmond moved to Webster City and practiced with Judge ...

Izaak Walton League events promote nitrate pollution awareness, monitoring

By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch The Izaak Walton League of America, the group that works with volunteers across the country to monitor nitrate concentrations in water with free test kits, is hosting its inaugural Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week. The group will hold webinars and ...

Trump urges US Senate to hold off on August recess until SAVE America Act passes

By JENNIFER SHUTT Iowa Capital Dispatch/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to cancel its five-week August break, keeping lawmakers in session to advance several of his priorities, despite not having the votes. Trump wrote in a social media post that he wanted Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to keep the chamber open, preventing vulnerable Republicans facing reelection from the campaign trail, to pass a voter identification bill, among other measures. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ...