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Marching Lynx score big with March-A-Thon

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If you were dreaming about Homecoming last week, the Webster City High School marching band did all they could to help anticipate the excitement of Homecoming by hitting the streets and sharing their musical talents with the community. On Friday night, they kicked off the festivities of Homecoming with a band March-A-Thon, fundraiser, where for a small fee, the entire marching band showed up to serenade in the streets, in businesses, even in the public library. It wasn’t intended to be a surprise event, said Kaitlynn Abens, “I emailed all our band parents, then put it on ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

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1951 Movie Stars to be here in person A movietime caravan in which screen star MacDonald Carey and Radio Singer Benay Venuta will visit Webster City next Thursday as part of a statewide tour of Iowa, it was announced today. Carey, a former Sioux City resident, is among several Hollywood actors who will take part in the caravan which is planned to visit many Iowa communities to promote the motion [picture business. The caravan will open in Des Moines Monday with a parade and governor’s luncheon. The group then will split into three tours to visit the various sections of the ...

VDMC Gift shop volunteers prepare for annual nut sale

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The dedicated volunteers who staff the Van Diest Medical Center Gift Shop have been busy preparing for one of their most popular events of the year — the Auxiliary's annual Nut Sale, which begins today. The volunteers, who generously give their time to keep the Gift Shop running ...

Rental housing regulations, 2027 street work on City agenda.

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At tonights regularly scheduled meeting, the City Council members of Webster City will hold a first reading of a new rental housing ordinance. This is in response to poor living conditions reported in some residential rental units, and this ordinance has been proposed by city staff as a ...

Lots of workshops in the month of October

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Heritage Hunters to host Genealogy Workshop Oct. 10 The Hamilton Heritage Hunters Genealogical Society will hold a genealogy workshop on Saturday, Oct. 10. This will be held at the Jane Young House, starting at 9 a.m. for registration. The Jane Young House is located at 629 Elm St., in Webster City. The final session should end by 3 p.m. Session topics will include WikiTree 101 by Shaun Boyle and Dating Your Photos in the Modern World by Dennis Allen. There is no charge for the workshop. Daily Creative outlets at Legacy Learning-BRV: 3 workshops in October Coffee and Create is ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

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1926 Prof. Coville of Ames talks on Forest situation at Nature Study Division Prof. Perkins Coville, of the forestry department at Iowa State college, Ames, spoke interestingly on the “Forestry Situation in the United States” last evening at the first meeting of the Nature Study department of the Women’s club. Preceding his talk, Mrs. Coville, accompanied at the piano by Miss Rosalind Cook, sang three delightful numbers. Her group included an arrangement of Handel's "Largo” sung in Italian; “Now sleeps the Crimson Petal,” and Joyce Kilmers “Trees.” Prof. Coville told ...