Webster City’s automatic speed enforcement cameras will go live just after midnight. In other words, at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. There are two sites being monitored by the new automated speed enforcement program: One is on Iowa Highway 17 south of Webster City between Closz Drive and ...

The City Council of Webster City moved the splash pad project forward Monday by approving the acquisition of materials, despite having no solid numbers for construction costs for the project. This was a sticking point for Councilman Matt McKinney, but discussion regarding the likely increase ...

In late November 1973, Mike and Carol Peterson were checking out of the Sioux City hospital where their daughter, Mia, was born four days earlier, when their obstetrician suggested they take the baby to University Hospital in Iowa City for evaluation. He couldn’t be sure, but there were ...

Mia Peterson, who grew up in Webster City, has been named one of 10 “Iowans of Action” in a new exhibition at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines. Other honorees, selected from across Iowa and throughout its history since statehood, include Gertrude Rush, first black attorney in ...

The Hamilton County Peace Officers Association donated $500 on Thursday towards the Officer Moab fund. Moab, the canine (K-9) officer pictured, needs funding to sustain his position with the Webster City Police Department. Pictured, from left are Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy and HCPOA ...

FORT DODGE — A local legislator’s long-stalled effort to ban the use of cell phones while driving may finally become law next year, she said Friday morning. “I think this is the year,” state Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge, said. She noted that a version of the bill was passed by the ...