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Legislative forum is Saturday

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State Sen. Dennis Guth and state Rep. Shannon Latham will be back in Webster City Saturday for the third in a series of Legislative Forums sponsored in part by the Daily Freeman-Journal and hosted by Iowa Central Community College. The forum will run from 11 a.m. until noon in the Chelsvig ...

American Legion, Hamilton County VA will host breakfast on Saturday

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American Legion Post 191 and Hamilton County Veterans Affairs is hosting a Pancake, Bacon, & Eggs Breakfast Saturday, 23 March, at the the American Legion building, 726 Second Street, Webster City. Hamilton County VA service officers will be in attendance to help with any veterans-related ...

Coffee with a Cop is Thursday, April 18, at Webster City Hy-Vee

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The Webster City Police Department invites everyone to its first Coffee with a Cop on Thursday, April 18, at the Webster City Hy-Vee, 823 Second Street, Webster City. The coffee will be poured from 8 to 10 a.m. Hy-Vee is providing the coffee. There is no agenda for this event, according to ...

Kendall Young Library will host Food Bank of Iowa

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Kendall Young Library will host a Food Bank of Iowa Regional Roundtable on Wednesday, March 27, at the library, 1201 Willson Avenue, Webster City. The event is from 10 to 11 a.m. Michelle Book, Food Bank of Iowa’s chief executive officer, will be at the library to discuss the food ...

Meyer’s distracted driving bill gets pulled over

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FORT DODGE — A local lawmaker’s proposal to ban the use of electronic devices while driving unless they are in a hands-free mode has again been stymied. State Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge, has unsuccessfully introduced that bill in the last three legislative sessions. On Wednesday, she ...

By the numbers

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Call them automated traffic control devices if you want, but the four cameras on the south fringes of Webster City pretty much monitor one thing: speed. To the drivers who pay the citations they are all about money. If you blast past the speed cameras installed last fall on U.S. Highway 20 ...