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Graceland flag installation will begin May 15 with volunteer support

The flags at Graceland Cemetery in Webster City will be going out soon. On May 15, a group of Webster City High School seniors will help the American Legion Post 191 pull the protective ground plugs and install the base poles for the flags. On Saturday, May 17, at 9 a.m. volunteers will meet ...

Webster City Scouts have new location for can redemption trailer

Webster City Boy Scouts have a new location for their can redemption trailer. The new location is on the east side of the parking lot across from Bomgaars. Please note that glass bottles will not be accepted; the redemption company that the Scouts use will not accept glass. Also, the glass ...

Iowa Central graduation is Friday

FORT DODGE — Iowa Central Community College will hold its 58th annual commencement on Friday. Commencement ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Hodges Fieldhouse on the Iowa Central campus in Fort Dodge. Graduates earning High School Equivalency Diplomas (HSED), ...

400 block of Second Street in Webster City closed starting May 7

Most of the 400 block of Second Street will be closed starting May 7 until further notice for sewer modifications. Access to the Utility Payment Window will still be accessible. Parking for other City Hall business is available to the south of City Hall or off of Seneca Street.

City gets serious about vacant properties throughout the community

You see it all over town: in downtown commercial properties, in vacant industrial buildings, in residences. Webster City has too many vacant buildings. The community’s Development Director Ariel Bertran confirms the city is presently investigating as many as 57 homes that appear to be ...

Council approves the city’s second big residential development

Only months after a 218-unit apartment development was approved for Webster City’s west side, a revised plat and amended Planned Residential Development document, approved by City Council Monday night, will now guide a second large project known as Lynx Development No. 2 on the southeast ...