Local News

Council to discuss new incentives for development

Nearly everyone agrees Webster City needs more housing. Kading Properties is set to break ground this summer or fall on the first phase of a rental apartment community off Wall Street. A year ago, a revised plat for Lynx Development No. 2 off Edgewood Drive, was approved, with lots earmarked for new single-family homes. Recently, Origin Homes of West Des Moines, told the city it was interested in building new single-family homes here, but it found the cost of lots in Brewer Creek Estates Additions 5 and 6 wouldn’t allow them to hit price points new home buyers can afford. Previously, ...

All Cultures Equal (ACE) announces closure

After more than two decades of serving the Webster City community, All Cultures Equal (ACE) has announced that the organization will officially close its doors on June 30. The final ACE food pantry distribution took place on May 15. ACE leadership shared that the decision comes after careful reflection on the changing needs of the community and a decline in demand for the organization’s services and resources in recent years. The concept for ACE began in 1999 with the formation of the “Diverse Cultures Committee,” established to help address the needs and concerns of the ...

A gift that has stood the test of time

It was April 1913, not quite 50 years since the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. In Washington, D.C., ground had not yet been broken on the Lincoln Memorial, but in Webster City, a towering statue of ‘Old Abe’ was soon to become a fixture for every succeeding generation of ...

Road work in Webster City just started — and it’s nearly finished

Yes, you read that correctly. Dry, mild spring weather meant road work in Webster City got off to a fast start this year, but a smaller scope of work, and priority action by Fort Dodge Asphalt, means it can be completed quickly, according to Street Supervisor Brandon Bahrenfuss. ...

Corn planting nearly complete; rain in forecast

Expansion of a new nation started with trip along the Ohio

Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through ...