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Webster City Market Nights rolls into Classic Car Night Thursday

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The Webster City Area Chamber invites the community to another exciting Webster City Market Nights on Thursday, July 9, from 5:30–7:30 p.m. in Downtown Webster City at the Availa Bank Plaza Stage. Presented by The Trash Man, this week’s theme is Classic Car Night, bringing together classic automobiles, live music, local shopping, delicious food, and family fun. Guests are encouraged to bring their classic cars and be part of the evening’s showcase. Trophies will be presented at 7:20 p.m. in front of the American Legion. The car show is sponsored by Karl Webster City. Providing ...

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Fireflies and bats to be focus of conservation program tonight The Hamilton County Conservation program will be held tonight from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Briggs Woods barn shelter. This is at the third level of Briggs Woods County park. The program theme is “Chasing Fireflies, bat counts and glow games. To register for the program go to www.mycountyparks.com. For more information contact John Laird at 515-832-9570 or 515-297-0423. He can also be emailed at jlaird@hamiltoncounty.org. Blood Drive at VDMC Thursday The Webster City Community Blood Drive is ...

Forum in Kanawha to address Iowa’s water quality issue

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Water Matters, a public forum addressing Iowa’s water quality issues, is scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the ISU Northern Research Farm, 310 South Main St., in Kanawha. This forum is one of the Rural Revival: Local Voices, Common Goals public forums, a series of forums created to explore key issues central to our communities’ futures. This forum is being hosted by the Hancock & Winnebago County members of the North Iowa County to County Collaboration. The Water Matters forum will provide a chance for the community to come together to learn, to engage with ...

Design team for WCHS on hand again today to hear ideas and concepts for future

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The design team from FEH Architects spent all day Tuesday at the Webster City High School, touring the building, sketching out ideas, looking at the infrastructure of the building that was new 65 years ago. At that time, everyone was excited about the new courtyard at the high school. Now they are looking at enclosing it. And there are good reasons for everything they are considering. This is the type of discussion that is happening between the architects and the individuals who have taken the time to study some potential changes to the high school campus and solve the problems ...

Grouws wows in Webster City

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Sixty-five lucky people had seats for the Webster City debut of American Roots musician and vocalist Jeni Grouws Sunday afternoon at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Webster City. Grouws powerfully connected with her audience with two hours of music, punctuated with natural friendliness and humorous storytelling. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and growing up mainly in Fargo, Grouws is a self-described “Midwestern girl.” She co-founded Avey Grouws Band with Chris Avey in 2017; eventually producing two top ten Billboard albums: The Devil May Care (#10) and Tell Tale Heart ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

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July 8, 1926 100 years ago Elect officers for junior Chautauqua Children form a junior town with Robert Buell as Mayor Junior Town was organized at Chautauqua this morning with Robert Buell, mayor. Other officers elected were: Clerk-Jeanne Anderson Law and order commissioners-Jay Stonebraker, Donald Swanson, Donald Rasmussen Health commissioners - Marie Daniels, Helen Wildish, Betty Vawter Thrift commissioners - Gretchen Tatham, Dorothy Comley, Elizabeth Miller. Service Commissioners - Jack Bateman, Gilbert Bryan, Jack Stonebraker Miss Dorothea Western is assisting Miss ...