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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 ...

Public meeting will be held at 10 a.m. today in response to petition to State Appeal Board

A public meeting will be held at 10 a.m. today in the Hamilton County Courthouse in response to the filing of a protest to the Iowa State Board of Appeals. The filing represents petitioners who have raised a concern that the tax levy is not necessary for the Van Diest Medical Center to operate. According to the Iowa State Appeal website, the state appeal board consists of the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State and the Director of the Department of Management. The people holding these positions at this time are Roby Smith, treasurer, Kraig Paulsen, director of the Department of ...