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Public invited to offer input on future WCHS renovations

FEH Design, a Des Moines-based architectural firm, will be hosting come-and-go SPARK sessions on July 7 and 8. These sessions involve the architects and designers sketching ideas to create a proposal for renovations to the high school. These sessions are open to the public and anyone interested and invested in this project should come to the Webster City High School to provide input. The architects and their team will be on hand Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday mornings from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sessions will be held in the lobby of the performance gym, located at 1001 ...

Webster City graduate named region president in Missouri

Dr. Ryan Bergeson, a 1999 graduate of Webster City High School has been named a region president by the Missouri Association of School Administrators. Bergeson, has served as the superintendent at Scotland Co R-1 Schools in Memphis, Missouri, for 14 years. Bergeson and his wife Jenny have ...

Northeast Hamilton Class of 1966 celebrates 60th class reunion

Iowa State Patrol releases names of victims of Wednesday's crash on Highway 20

The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of the two drivers who died in the crash on Highway 20 Wednesday. According to the Iowa State accident report, Joseph Kennedy of Alden, who was driving a 2017 Chevy Silverado pickup, age 69 was pronounced dead at the scene. Aaron Scott Gomez of Harlingen, Texas, age 40, was driving a 2020 Ram 1500 pickup. Gomez was taken to the Van Diest Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. According to the state report, Kennedy was eastbound in the westbound lane of highway 20, when he struck the Gomez vehicle in the inside lane of Highway ...

Unique flag on display

A new patriotic representation of the American Flag is now hanging in downtown Williams, thanks to the creative efforts of Christy Martinez and her mother Carrie Hemken. The building sized flag was created using red, white and blue bandanas that are knotted together at each corner and is ...

Williams Independence Day celebration will light up the streets and the skies this weekend

It’s been 74 years since the Williams Lions Club began coordinating the celebration of America’s Independence in the City of Williams. Known throughout the area as one of the best celebrations in the region, the festivities actually begin on Friday night with the Kids Parade ...