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Boom Night and Twin Day to celebrate WCHS Homecoming The middle school and high school will be full of twins today, as the theme for the day is “Twin Day”. Dressing alike can be fun, and this week it shows the Lynx Spirit in the final days before the Homecoming game. Tonight is also Boom Night, when the High School Homecoming King and Queen are crowned. This begins at 7 p.m. at the High School in the Prem Sahai auditorium, located at 1001 Lynx Avenue. Genealogy workshop at Jane Young House Saturday The Hamilton Heritage Hunters Genealogical Society will hold a genealogy ...

Turning back the pages of time

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1936 Plan new two story block The Zitterell-Mills Company is planning the erection of a new two story brick office building on lots adjoining the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern railway w depot on the South. The first floor will be occupied by offices of the Zitterell Mills company and the Webster City Building Supply company. The second floor will probably be occupied by the Currie Engineering company. The lots are now being staked out and sewer connections made. The building, however, will probably not be completed before Jan . 1. A sightly and convenient office building is ...

Council authorizes up to $1,726,000 for 2027 street repairs

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At its meeting Monday, the City Council of Webster city approved up to $1,726,000 for street repairs in 2027, including an estimated $718,000 to rebuild Hillcrest Drive, and an estimated $1,008,000 for hot melt asphalt (HMA) paving on Division, Water, Elm and Locust Streets. The figures are engineering estimates; more accurate costs will be known November 2, 2026, when bids for the HMA project are planned to be awarded, and in December for the Hillcrest project. The Hillcrest project includes new Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) curbs and gutters on the road’s east side, spot ...

USDA secretary urges states to allow on-road dyed diesel

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Tuesday in Iowa that she is urging state governors to follow the president’s move to suspend penalties on the unrestricted use of dyed diesel, a tax-exempt fuel typically allowed in off-road machinery only. President Donald Trump announced Monday evening at a rally in Nebraska he would authorize highway use of dyed diesel fuel and defer the federal excise tax on the fuel to provide relief from the steep diesel prices which have hit record highs of more than $6 per gallon, nationally. The move from Trump followed actions from ...

Signs of progress: Kading Properties project moving forward

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(Freeman Journal Photo by Robert E. Oliver) An earth mover was at work Tuesday, breaking ground for the Wilson Estates apartment complex on the north side of west Wall Street. Kading Properties of Urbandale is building 108 units in the first phase of the project. Ultimately, twice as many ...