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There are contested races throughout Hamilton County

Editor's note: The Daily Freeman-Journal reached out to municipal candidates throughout Hamilton County to bring readers some insight into those races. Not every candidate was able to reply. The responses published here are from candidates in Stanhope, Stratford, Blairsburg, Kamrar and ...

Hamilton County Veteran’s Affairs supports Operation Green Light

This Veteran’s Day will be the fifth anniversary of Operation Green Light and the Hamilton County Veteran’s Affairs office is ready. Amanda Kwalkorf, director of the Hamilton County Veteran Affairs, is coordinating the green light program in Hamilton County. The National Association of ...

Arts R Alive decorates bike rack with socks for Sox-cycle

The bike rack on Willson Avenue in Webster City has some new appendages. The rack which was installed by Arts R Alive and SSMID —Self Supported Municipal Improvement District — has not only been used by bicyclists to store their bikes, but now there are socks dangling off the various ...

First DFJ, Kendall Young Library Candidate Forum is this evening

The Daily Freeman Journal and the Kendall Young Library are partnering to host two candidate forums this week to meet the candidates for the Webster City school board and city council. The forums will be held in the basement community room of the Kendall Young Library. Each night the forums ...

Iowa Central plans expansions to train more workers

FORT DODGE — Iowa Central Community College President Dr. Jesse Ulrich spends a lot of time meeting with business and community leaders across the nine-county area the school serves. And when he meets with them, he constantly hears about the need for more nurses, more welders, and more ...

Renewal of Iowa Central bond would mean upgrades at local campus

In June 2007, and again in February 2018, voters in nine Iowa counties approved a series of general obligation bonds to expand facilities and programming at Iowa Central Community College. Now the college is seeking voter approval for a $35 million bonding to pay for a new Ag Science Center ...