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No City Council meeting on Monday Due to the Labor Day Holiday Monday, the council meeting will be shifted to Tuesday, September 8 at 6 p.m. Enhance Hamilton County workshop The Enhance Hamilton County Foundation, in partnership with Hamilton County Growth Partnership, will host a workshop called “Funding Your Next Project” on Wednesday, September 9, at 5 p.m. at the Briggs Woods Conference Center. Those planning to attend are asked to reserve a seat by emailing dswon@enhancehamiltoncounty.org with their name and the organization(s) they are representing.Reservations may ...

Group aims to spark creativity in Webster City

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Webster City has received a $20,000 Creative Places Accelerator grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA). Janet Adams, Tim Adams, Mo Seamonds and Amelia Oliver wrote the grant application, following up work done by Anna Woodward, when she was Director of the Webster City ...

2026 Hamilton County Fair rabbit show results announced

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The following results are from the Hamilton County Fair rabbit show held in July. These are the winners in each division. PRODUCTION PEN Champion: Cameron Camp Purple Ribbon: Cameron camp RABBIT DRESS UP Champion: Molly Fox Blue Ribbons: Jameson Rupiper, Reegan Rupiper, Keyla Gomez Alanis, Jillian Sparks, Adley Ingram, Sadie Gerard, Xzavier Reisinger, Kairi Naso, Evelyn Widick, Hattie Eekhoff Mixed Breed JUNIOR DOE Champion: Zander Pannkuk SENIOR DOE Champion: Xander Pannkuk Reserve Champion: Evelyn Widick SENIOR BUCK Champion: Evelyn Widick BEST OF BREED ...

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 ...