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McGowan wants balanced budget amendment

Seeing that the federal government has racked up a $40 trillion debt with no end in sight, Congressional candidate Chris McGowan believes a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget is the only answer. “I think that elected officials need to make that a front burner issue,” the Republican from Sioux City said Monday. He is the Republican nominee in the 4th Congressional District, which includes Webster County and all of its surrounding counties. He will face Democrat Dave Dawson in the November election. McGowan and Dawson are competing to replace U.S. Rep. Randy ...

City-wide clean up Friday and Saturday

The City of Webster City will be holding the no-fee clean up days for residents of Webster City from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Webster City Middle School parking lot. Items that will be accepted that day only will be: appliances, box fans/ceiling fans, batteries, carpet pieces, computer towers, exercise equipment/bicycles, grills, lawn furniture, household furniture, microwaves, miscellaneous household items and scrap metal items. Items not accepted include animal carcasses; anything with liquid in it, such as batteries, paint cans, oil cans, ...

State Appeals Board holds public hearing on hospital levy

Representatives of the Iowa State Appeals board came to the Hamilton County courthouse Wednesday to hear the arguments based on the petition protesting the fiscal year 2027 budget of the Hamilton County Hospital. The meeting was conducted by Joseph Barry, who served as the hearing officer. ...

Celebrating completion of the shelter

Blairsburg expands park shelter; dedicates new facility Sunday

Another abandoned home demolished

The two-story home at 1308 Willson Ave. was abandoned in the fall of 2024. Yesterday, the property was finally demolished. Since 2024 and during the following winter, homeless people lived temporarily in the building, even starting a fire to keep warm at one point. Those conditions ...