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Fun with foam during Webster City Market Nights tonight

Ministerial Dunk Tank and Foam night returns It’s a fun night for all when the foam gets rolling through downtown Webster City tonight during Webster City’s Market Night. This is just one piece of the pie that makes Market Nights so much fun for families, individuals and businesses. ...

Iowa, Nebraska initiative awarded $15 million for biomanufacturing innovation

A research and development project led by Iowa State University and joined by other Iowa and Nebraska institutions of higher education has received a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to explore innovations in biomanufacturing. ISU announced in a news release that RuralSTAMINA, or Ascending Rural communities through Sustainable, Transformative, Advanced Manufacturing INnovations and Alliances, was one of 12 projects selected by NSF to receive two-year, $15 million awards, with the potential to see as much as $160 million over the next decade. According ...

Master Gardener volunteer applications open in Hamilton and Webster Counties

Gardeners who are wanting to expand their horticultural knowledge have two opportunities through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Garden Academy. Whether your goal is to volunteer in your community or simply become a more knowledgeable home gardener, there is a training option to fit your interests. Applications for the Fall 2026 Master Gardener Volunteer training cohort will be accepted from July 20 through August 14. Hamilton and Webster counties will partner to offer the training, providing participants with a combination of online learning and local, in-person ...

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Hamilton County board of health meets today The monthly meeting of the Hamilton County board of health will meet at 5:15 p.m. today. The meeting will be held at 1610 Collins St., Suite 1 in the Conference Center in Webster City. The meeting will include reports from the administrator, home health and environmental services. They will also be addressing an environmental complaint on a property in Stratford. In addition the meeting will include discussion on the publi health emergency preparedness, the auditors and the immunication and measles exposure update. Webster City Parks ...

Turning Back the pages of Time

13TH DAY OF EXTREME HEAT IN THIS CITY Mercury Shoots to 105 De­grees Here at 1 O'clock in Afternoon. With the mercury dropping two degrees in two hours this after­noon Webster City residents were hoping it meant the end of the extreme heat wave which has gripped the city for the last 13 days. At 1 p. m. the mercury was at 105, but had dropped to 104 at 2 p. m. and still another degree, 103, at 3 p.m. The all time high of 109 was reached here yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the mercury clung there for several hours before heading down to more livable ...

DMACC steering committee works to create AI guidelines for use and innovation

The Des Moines Area Community College is moving into a new phase of artificial intelligence integration, with college leaders hoping to turn AI innovation from isolated to integrated. DMACC vice president for student affairs Erica Spiller and Amee Austin, associate executive director of human resources, presented to the college’s board of directors Monday on how DMACC is moving from early adoption of AI to developing an institution-wide strategy. The pair said they’ve sponsored a steering committee with the goal of adopting AI “as an institutional capability rather than an ...