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Ag secretary: Decision to import ground beef highlights need to boost domestic food production

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BOONE – Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that a U.S. decision to lower certain tariffs on ground beef imports has highlighted the importance of working to bring more U.S. food production on-shore. While at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa, Rollins announced a U.S. Department of Agriculture data modernization program and spoke about the Trump administration’s commitment to growing the nation’s beef herd and advancing biofuels. On Aug. 21, President Donald Trump announced he was suspending quota tariffs on ground beef for 90 days, or long enough for 300,000 ...

Turning the Pages of Time

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1926 Murray McMurray wins on birds at State Fair Murray McMurray, who exhibited eleven birds in the state fair poultry show, received eight prizes. His pen of five Jersey Black Giants was awarded second. He also won first cock and first hen for the Black Cochin bantams and second cock for Partridge Cochin bantams. 1941 Blairsburg Happy Hustlers team wins contest at fair Ariole Bottorff and Donna Jean Daniels, members of the Blairsburg Happy Hustlers 4-H demonstration team, won first place in the contest at the county fair with their demonstration on “Braided Rugs.” Their ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

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Turning for Sept. 3 1931 Hamilton County boys win second place at State Fair Hamilton county’s hog valuation team at the state fair yesterday won second place, first going to Grundy County. The Hamilton county team is composed of John Fowler of Blairsburg, and Ralph Shaffer and Raymond Cheever of Webster City. Fowler and Shaffer were also among the individual high ten. Old fishing gang has fish dinner at Kendall Young The old fishing gang which has always celebrated the birthdays of its members had a fish dinner at Kendall Young park last evening in honor of R.E. Channer, of ...

Fuller Hall indoor swimming pool open for business

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It’s the end of the summer season when the outdoor swimming pool closes. But for those who love the languishing strokes of swimming in the water, the indoor pool is now open for use. For those who still enjoy the combination of heat and water, the city Splash Pad will be open until September 8. The indoor pool opened last week and there are opportunities for family swimming times, Adult swimming, Aqua Size and Aqua Zumba according to Breanne Lesher. The schedule is: Adult lap swimming: Monday through Friday: Hours 6-8 p.m.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Family ...

Vote on High School renovations next week

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Matt Berninghaus, Superintendent of the Webster City Community Schools, left and Jason Wedgbury, Webster City High School principal, were on hand during the many meetings held during the summer to answer questions and give tours of the High School. The vote next week on Tuesday, September ...

Hamilton County 4-H Clover Kids create care packages for hospital

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With funding from the Iowa 4-H Foundation, the Hamilton County Clover Kids had the opportunity to give back to children in Hamilton County through a hands-on service project benefiting the local hospital. Youth worked together to assemble 73 care packages for children staying in the ...