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Webster City Community Chorus begin new season

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The Webster City Community Chorus will begin its 2025 season on Tuesday, September 16, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1229 Kathy Lane, Webster City. This meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. The chorus is under the direction of Dane Barner. Rehearsals will be held Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8 ...

And now … Doodlebug, the book

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In 1950, 14-year-old Jerry Wells had saved up $65 from his 35-cents-an-hour job at The Webster City Greenhouse. Like every teenager in town, he coveted a Doodlebug scooter. Its “horse-and-a-half” Briggs & Stratton engine could drive the little scooter at 25 miles per hour, a speed of ...

Webster City will lose its downtown hardware store

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The closing of Webster City’s downtown hardware store was confirmed this weekend by a letter from its owners. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the upcoming closure of our Webster City True Value Store,” the letter from owners Jesse and Stacey Bannor said. Dated September 6, ...

Passenger trapped under Gator dies in Wright County UTV crash

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WRIGHT COUNTY — A Huxley woman died and a Goldfield man was injured after their UTV fell from a river bank into the Boone River early Saturday. McKenna Woodbeck, 20, of Huxley, died when she was trapped under the vehicle, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Levi Rasmussen, 21, of ...

Webster City school board will consider submitted resolution

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The Webster City Community School District Board of Education will meet this evening at the School Administration Building, 820 Des Moines Street, Webster City. This meeting begins at 6 p.m. On the agenda is a resolution asking the board to urge the state government to alter the school ...

Wilson Brewer Park board will meet Tuesday

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The Wilson Brewer Park & Depot Foundation Board will meet Tuesday, September 9, in the Depot basement, Wilson Brewer Park, Webster City. This meeting begins at 6 p.m. On the agenda is a discussion concerning election of officers and review of recent work completed.