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Supervisors set September 9 for hearing on sale of former Bliss site

The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors will officially roll out the process of selling the site of the former Bliss Cancer Center with a public hearing on September 9. The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. at the Hamilton County Courthouse. The 6,616-square-foot building was constructed in ...

WCCT reflects on the past season and prepares for upcoming productions

Webster City Community Theatre — WCCT — held its annual meeting on Sunday by celebrating the accomplishments of the past season and previewing the year ahead. The event included a dinner and a review of the four productions staged over the previous year: “Steel Magnolias,” ...

Humming with history

HOMER — Don Lamb, vice president of the West Central Region Cockshutt & Co-op Club, had a big smile on his face Saturday afternoon after firing up his 1940s vintage David Bradley chainsaw at the club’s annual Threshing Bee in Homer. “I had it all apart,” he said proudly. “Got it ...

St. Thomas Aquinas will celebrate 125th anniversary

The cornerstone set in 1900 says to ‘Rejoice,’ and that’s just what members, former members, and guests will be doing on Sunday, September 21, when St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Webster City celebrates its quasquicentennial. “Jubelate Deo Omnis Terra” were the words chosen ...

VDMC’s Senior Life Solutions program welcomes new therapist

Van Diest Medical Center has welcomed Jordan Sisson, LMHC, as the new therapist at the Senior Life Solutions program. Van Diest Medical Center’s Senior Life Solutions program is an intensive outpatient group therapy program designed to meet the unique needs of individuals typically 65 and ...