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2026 Hamilton County Fair 4-H Horse Show results announced

Local News September 8, 2026

Results from the 2026 Hamilton County Fair 4-H Horse show have been released. The results are as follows: SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP, Banner Sponsor: First State Bank/Town & Country 1st Place: Delaney Paulson 2nd Place: Brynn Ostrem 3rd Place: Kearsyn Kite 4th Place: Ty Bingham INTERMEDIATE SHOWMAN, Banner Sponsor: In Memory of Floyd Baldwin 1st Place: Rebecca Klaver JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP, Banner Sponsor: JRG Livestock & Pet Supply 1st Place: Kenzie Davison 2nd Place: Ella Erb 3rd Place: Charly Christensen 4th Place: Paisley Pille 5th Place: Tenslee Fonken 6th Place: ...

Voters approve all three issues to support Webster City High School improvements

Local News September 8, 2026

According to Hamilton County Auditor Kim Schaa, 197 absentee ballots were received and 1384 total ballots were cast. The unofficial results were as follows: Measure #1: 831 voted yes 548 voted no Measure #2: 793 voted yes, 586 voted no Measure #3: 853 voted yes, 529 voted no Webster County results were not available.

G'day

Local News September 8, 2026

Don’t forget to vote! Voting for the High School renovations is today. Starting at 7 a.m., voters can vote at the Ed Prince building at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds. The polls remain open until 8 p.m. 370th St. closed starting today 370th St between Ziegler Ave and Zublin Ave will be closed next week starting on Tuesday, September 8th at 7 a.m., until Wednesday, September 16th at 3:30 p.m.. Hamilton County Secondary Road crews will be removing an old concrete bridge and replacing it with a new corrugated metal pipe during this time. County Supervisors meet tomorrow The ...

Iowa labor experts speak on UnityPoint unionization efforts, worker challenges

Iowa News September 8, 2026

As the United States honors the efforts of its labor movement and workers this Labor Day Weekend, Iowa labor experts say workers are “making the labor movement every day,” amidst weaker bargaining laws, attacks from corporations and other challenges everyone is facing, whether they hold a union card or not. Jesse Case, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 238, and Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Economic Analysis and Research Network and director of the institute’s Worker Power Project, spoke on “Iowa Press” Sept. 4 about efforts of ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

Local News September 8, 2026

1926 Interior of St. Thomas Aquinas church is entirely refinished The refinishing of the interior of the St. Thomas Aquinas church, which has been in progress for the last five weeks is now nearly completed. The work has been done by the Conrad-Schmidt company of Milwaukee, who are specialists in church decorating. Geo. L. Shryoek of this city, has been assisting the company and is not finishing the work. The work has been done at a cost of $2,000 to this church. As one enters, the attention immediately centers upon the altar. This has been beautifully repainted and gilded. The ...

Decades of August roadside surveys in Iowa show wildlife and habitat changes

Iowa News September 8, 2026

Every August, for over half a century, Iowa Department of Natural Resource staff have set out along gravel roads at dawn, armed with a set of binoculars and, now, an interactive logging application, to survey the landscape for pheasants and other wildlife. Todd Bogenschutz, an upland wildlife biologist with DNR, has driven the same 30-mile stretch of farm roads in Boone County for the past 30 years. On a cloudy, early August morning, he jumped out of his truck, clapping his hands loudly, in an attempt to “flush” a family of pheasants out of the brush they ducked into as the ...