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CALEB OLSON Northeast Hamilton Elementary - Physical Education; Webster City Middle School - Health Caleb Olson is a graduate of Webster City High School. He has earned his degree in K-12 Physical Education from the University of Northern Iowa. He taught 9-12 alternative school and P.E. at Eagle Grove High School for the past two years. This year, he will be teaching PE at Northeast Hamilton Elementary and Physical and Financial Health at Webster City Middle School. Caleb has been married for two years. His wife and he have a nine-month old son named Royce. In his free time, he ...

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Public Health Immunization clinic today An Immunization Clinic will be held this afternoon at the Hamilton County Health Department. This is located at 1610 Collins St., Suite 1, (Sashi Station) and staff will help direct them to the immunization station. Appointments are helpful, as many are already scheduled, so call for appointments at 515-832-9565. There will also be additional immunization clinics that will be held on September 3 and September 23 for back to school immunizations. For measles immunizations, if not sure of the immunization status, the MMR shot, which covers ...

Hamilton County 4-H Awards announced

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The following 4-H entries went to the 2026 Iowa State Fair. These are the 4-H Communications Exhibita that were selected for the State Fair. Educational Presentations that went to the state fair were given by Samantha Tilley, Mason Ostrem, Mackay Beach, Brynn Ostrem and Keyla Gomez Alanis Working Exhibits were by Brynn & Mason Ostrem, Samantha Tilly and Rosie Collins and Sophie, Will and Henry Nibe Extemporaneous Speaking entries to the state fair were given by Brynn Ostrem and Sophia Nibe. The 2026 Iowa State Fair 4-H Awardrobe Exhibitors were Brynn Ostrem and Sophie ...

Kantor Avenue bridge closed indefinitely

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The Hamilton County Supervisors once more had to consider the subject of bridges during their bi-monthly meeting held yesterday. Hamilton County Engineer, Ryan Weidemann talked about the closure of the Kantor Avenue bridge which spanned the Union Pacific railroad track, located just one ...

Saving lives focus of WCFD training

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Fair weather and milder temperatures provided a perfect evening Monday for the Webster City Fire Department to practice a proven life-saving technique on an abandoned, city-owned house at 615 Bank Street. According to the website firefighter nation, VEIS – Ventilate – Enter – Isolate and Search, was developed, and first used somewhere on the east coast of the United States. It is now considered the standard, state-of-the-art practice and in use by fire departments nationwide. VEIS is especially valuable when a targeted search is required on an upper floor of a building. WCFD ...

Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001

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Where were you? What did you do, the day the world stopped Tell us your story for a special edition for September 11, 2026 It’s been 25 years since the tragedy of 9/11, a day remembered as the day the United States was attacked on its mainland. Memories of that day are being sought ...