When the movie, “Fighting Spirit: Combat Chaplain’s journey” is shown Sunday night at the South Marion United Methodist Church, there will be a special bonus. One of those present finished a deployment of nearly a year while serving as a chaplain for Iowa, and will be on hand to ...
No newspaper tomorrow In honor of Veterans Day, there will not be a newspaper published online or in newsprint. There will be no mail delivery and most banks and federal buildings will be closed. Veterans Day events tomorrow The Community Veterans Day program will be held at the Webster City Middle School tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. The Middle School is located at 820 Des Moines St. This will be held in the multi-purpose room at the Middle School. Those attending are encouraged to arrive by 10:30 a.m. An additional program will be held at the Webster City High School, starting at ...
1936 Quill Club members write comedy and present it at regular club meeting The inexplicable infant” said to be Broadway’s 1925 “specialty, was presented at the meeting of the Quill club held at the G.S. Lane home last evening with Miss Margaret Linnan, hostess. This is the first play to have been written and produced by the club members. Plans of the club this year call for the writing and presentation of four plays. The part of John Euderby, the farmer, was taken by Miss Bertha Teal, and a “wonderful” farmer she was with the big rubber boots, old hat, chin whiskers etc. ...
Iowa Gov.-elect Rob Sand announced new members of what he termed his “tripartisan” transition team Monday — including a Republican and an independent. Sand, the Democratic candidate who won the Nov. 3, 2026 election to become Iowa’s next governor, discussed his leadership team ...
Republican Chris McGowan won election to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, which serves the western and north western quadrant of Iowa, including all of Hamilton County. McGowan, of Sioux City, was elected to represent the Fourth Congressional District, which includes 36 ...
Last Friday, 600 juvenile walleye found a new home at Briggs Woods Lake. For the fourth year in a row, donors gave $2,100 to stock the lake with walleye, ensuring that as we rake leaves and prepare for winter, good local fishing lies ahead both this winter, and next spring and summer. This year the funds came from the Doug Jacobson Foundation and Mid-American Energy. Funding for the 2027 walleye restocking project is already being sought, and grants written to insure the fifth year. Anyone can contribute to the project at any time through the Friends of the Hamilton County ...
