The Van Diest Medical Center has announced that Fawad Zafar, M.D., will be joining the team in VDMC’s Surgery and Specialty Clinic Department, beginning in August. Dr. Fawad Zafar is a urologist with 30 years of experience in both Urology and General Surgery. He completed his Doctor of ...
1956 Old Settlers Picnic Will Be Continued Continuation of the Hamilton and Webster counties' Old Settlers Picnic at Bells Mill park was assured yesterday when between 200 and 300 people turned out to attend the 1956 event. In perfect picnic weather, those attending the event enjoyed a basket lunch, inspected a display of antiques in the Bells Mill school hall and listened to a program of music and speeches. Rev. Share Is Speaker The main speaker at the picnic was the Rev. Joseph J. Share of Webster City who described "courage, money, Christianity and the church, country ...
Market Nights in downtown Webster City won’t go on forever. This season is halfway over, with the final Market Night scheduled for August 27. Don’t wait too long to discover the fun of the community getting together to support small local businesses in Webster City and surrounding areas. According to Robin Streigel, coordinator of Webster City Market Nights, there have been close to 100 vendors this year, up from last year. “We’ve had a lot of people who are running businesses out of their house coming down this year,” said Streigel, “We’ve had good attendance, ...
You don’t have to travel far to enjoy a great summer evening. Grab the family and join the Staycation Night at Webster City Market Nights on tomorrow from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in downtown Webster City. This week’s event is packed with entertainment, family fun, delicious food, and community activities—everything one needs for the perfect hometown staycation. Taking the Availa Bank Plaza Stage is local favorite Birdie Young, providing the soundtrack for an enjoyable evening of shopping, dining, and connecting with friends and neighbors. A special thank you to Good Life RV, which ...
Iowa’s Annual Sales Tax Holiday will take place Aug. 7-8, exempting clothing and footwear purchases under $100 from the state’s 6% sales tax and 1% local option sales taxes. The annual holiday — a feature in 20 other states — gives consumers some relief from sales taxes. Proponents of the holiday argue that it helps economic growth because it increases retail activity. Opponents of the holiday point to a study that says it does not help economic growth because consumers would have shopped at different times. Kathrien Loughead, the vice president of State Tax Policy, said ...
BOONE – In a conference room at the Ericson Public Library Tuesday, cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials and community activists from Boone County discussed the things they have done to reduce their exposure to carcinogens and the things they hope will change in Iowa to help lower the state’s high cancer rates. The discussion in downtown Boone was part of a series of community conversations led by the Iowa Environmental Council about the information in the “Environmental Risk Factors and Iowa’s Cancer Crisis” report the council released in March. Kathy Toms, a Boone ...
