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Hamilton County 4-H Awards announced

Local News August 26, 2026

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

Local News August 26, 2026

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

Local News August 26, 2026

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

Local News August 25, 2026

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 ...

G'day

Local News August 25, 2026

Day Care floor plan correction. The floor plan printed in yesterday's paper was an earlier version of the layout of the building. The multi-purpose room to the east of the building is not part of the current plan. Chamber Retail Committee to meet today The Webster City Chamber of Commerce retail committee will meet at 9 a.m. at the Webster City Chamber of Commerce office. The Chamber office is located at 628 2nd St. The committee will meet the Chamber of Commerce Director, Taylor Nokes, and will be discussing promotions for the fall. All chamber members and interested persons ...

Homer Threshing Bee takes a step back in time

Local News August 25, 2026

HOMER — Jazmine Meeks, of Duncombe, was sitting in the seat of a restored 1950 John Deere A Saturday morning at the 25th West Central Region Cockshutt & CO-OP Club Threshing Bee with her little sister Jennie Phipps, of Wolf. Jennie got to pretend she was driving. Meeks got to experience some memories on the bright shiny green machine. “There’s a lot of memories with my great-grandfather,” Meeks said. “We used to ride on them; we used to rebuild tractors together.” While her great-grandfather, Rollie Stevens, is gone, the family still has one of his ...