AMES — Growing Together Iowa mini grants are available to help purchase materials for Master Gardener volunteer donation garden projects. The mini grants, which are funded by the USDA SNAP-Ed Program, provide up to $4,000 in funding for eligible projects, and applications are due Dec. 18, ...

A raging fire gutted a downtown Webster City building Wednesday that for 40 years housed Bettis Appliance. Ladder trucks from Webster City, Eagle Grove and Fort Dodge converged to keep the blaze at 608 Second St. from spreading to the historic Webster Theater next door. The building that ...

Multiple fire departments are battling a serious fire in downtown Webster City. The brick building is the former Bettis Appliance store. It appears the fire started on the second floor in the rear of the building, but that is not official. The fire has just been discovered in the second floor ...

STRATFORD — Lucia Festivity of Light has returned, and will be on Saturday, December 9, at 2 p.m. at the Stratford Lutheran Church. As a community holiday event with Swedish cultural overtones, the Lucia Festivity of Light organizers encourage all ages and backgrounds from the Greater ...

LEHIGH — The Lehigh United Methodist Church will hold its Second Sunday Supper on December 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. This month the church will serve pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and a drink. The cost is a freewill Donation. Dine in or carry out are both available.

The Webster City Community Chorus, under the direction of Dane Barner, will present its 36th annual holiday concert, “Comfort and Joy” on Saturday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 3, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1229 Kathy Lane, Webster City. The concert will also ...