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Paschen, Peterman make their pitch to Democrats in Blairsburg

Local News September 28, 2026

About 25 people gathered at Blairsburg’s Opera House Saturday to raise money for Democrats in Iowa races this fall. Two candidates, Cynthia Paschen, running for the Iowa House in District 55, and Ryan Peterman, running for Iowa Secretary of State, each gave short speeches asking for voter support. Guitarist Chris Furman provided live music for the event. A buffet dinner was served for a free-will offering. Cynthia Paschen Paschen has previously run three times for the Iowa senate. This year, she’s a candidate for the Iowa House, instead. When we spoke to her at Blairsburg ...

G'day

Local News September 28, 2026

CORRECTION: The South Hamilton Homecoming court story on Friday gave the wrong names for the court. Those who were honored as part of the South Hamilton Homecoming Court were Rosemary Chamness, Aliya Erickson, Cici Herrick, Tessa Skartvedt, Kaden Dean, Jackson Olmstead, Ryan Oskvig and Justin Simmons. Fall Festival at Faith The annual fall festival will be held Saturday Oct. 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. From 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. they will be serving warm caramel rolls and apple dumplings. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be a beef burger lunch. The Faith United Methodist ...

Large crowd attend Whiskers and Wine fundraiser Saturday

Local News September 28, 2026

Andy Anderson in foreground, and Mike Leeds in background entertained over 160 people who attended the Whiskers and Wine fundraiser on Saturday. The duo engaged the audience with a comedy pairing between the two, performing songs at request, and providing humor all throughout the evening. The Whiskers and Wine fundraiser is the largest event of the year for The Cat Hut and Hamilton County AdvoCATes. Submitted photo

Turning back the pages of time

Local News September 27, 2026

1926 Legion posts of county hold meet The first meeting of the county organization of American Legion posts was held last night at Jewell with all represented with the exception of the Williams post. The posts represented at the meetings were Stratford, Ellsworth, Stanhope and Webster City. 1956 Yungclas to be co-chairman of Centennial Wm. H. (Bill) Yungclas, Sr. has accepted the appointment as co-chairman for the Webster City Centennial committee, it was announced today by Chamber of Commerce officials. Two years ago the chamber appointed Walt Aman and Glenn Long as ...

Wildcard, Lynx football team-up in 9/11 benefit

Local News September 25, 2026

The Daily Freeman Journal made a big effort to help Webster City remember the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We carried stories of both local and national relevance, and even inserted a free keepsake edition of 9/11 stories produced by our sister papers in the Ogden Newspaper group, owners of the Daily Freeman Journal, on September 11 itself. We felt we had done our best with an important story. Then, another story came to our attention, one that could make you stand up and cheer . . . for our country, and our football team. Looking at this year’s Lynx football schedule, ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

Local News September 25, 2026

1936 Preparing for citizenship school here Plans for the citizenship school are coming on very well. All women’s organizations are reminded that the date is Wednesday, Oct. 7, forenoon and afternoon and that the speaker, as in past years, will be Mrs. Max Mayer of Des Moines. Will every organization that has not yet done so, select their two delegates and vote to contribute a minimum of 50 cents to the school? If delegates have been named, kindly notify Effie McCollum Jones, general chairman. This is a great opportunity to get a new outlook on world affairs. Mrs. Mayer shares ...