JunqueFest 2026 brings live music, food trucks and citywide garage sales to Webster City
A full day of music, shopping, and community fun is planned as JunqueFest returns to downtown Webster City from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 23 during Memorial Day weekend. This year’s JunqueFest promises more than just treasures and treats — it’s shaping up to be a music-filled celebration featuring a lineup of talented performers bringing energy and heart to the streets of downtown. Headlining the day is Birdy Young, performing live in Availa Bank Plaza from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Known as the “queen BEE of Hideaway Honey,” Young is an international award-winning ...
Poplar Grove Speedway celebrates 30 years of operation
The Poplar Grove speedway is celebrating its 30th year of operation. Starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, they will begin a full day of activities with special prizes to celebrate each year of operation. The first year for the Go Kart track was in 1996, and today averages 12 to 14 races per ...
A Caring Connection
Compassion, kindness and a genuine connection with patients earned Ian Wellik, a nurse at the Van Diest Family Health Clinic, the 2026 Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses Wednesday afternoon during a special presentation in the Van Diest Medical Center clinic board room. Wellik was one of ...
Conservation office team addresses dying ash trees at Little Wall Lake
Driving down U.S. Highway 69 by Little Wall Lake just south of Jewell seems a bit different lately. It’s not for lack of care. It’s the lack of trees. Ash trees to be specific, and it’s due to the emerald ash borer, some call it a disease, others know it is an invasive insect that ...
Daycare expansion starting as Riverview Early Childhood Center readies for the future
The project to build a new day care facility at the Hospital Hill site has officially ended, and the money raised over the last few years has been shifted to a different function. The Riverview Early Childcare Center board of directors has purchased the property where the Webster City Day ...