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Conservation urges caution during Briggs Woods Lake draw down

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Hamilton County Conservation started drawing the lake level down at Briggs Woods Lake starting Wednesday, October 25. The lake will be lowered by approximately 10 feet from its current level. The reason for this is to prepare for installing a new golf course irrigation pump that will replace ...

Here’s your Halloween reminder

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Here's a house that's ready for the boys and ghouls. It's located at 846 Elm St., Webster City. In Webster City, residential trick-or-treating will be Saturday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Downtown trick-or-treating in Webster City is on Halloween, which is Tuesday, October 31, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

VDMC managers complete leadership program

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Two Van Diest Medical Center managers were recently honored as they graduated from the Iowa Hospital Association’s Leadership Development Program. Kailee Wubben, patient accounts manager, pictured above, and Troy Schoon, radiology manager, right, completed the program and were presented ...

Daniel Ortiz-Hernandez is headed to Texas

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The powers of persuasion that convinced Webster City’s City Manager Daniel Ortiz-Hernandez to return to a job he left behind a few years back apparently are not enough to keep him here. Mayor John Hawkins, who played a role in the former city manager’s return in July of 2021, said ...

Going out in style

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Webster City’s Morning Kiwanis Club, which has been supporting children, schools, daycares, nonprofits and community service projects around town for 50 years, donated all its remaining funds to local schools and other organizations at a reception Wednesday evening at Briggs Woods ...

Tic tac toe in clay

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Webster City seventh-graders used clay to make creative tic-tac-toe boards at the Webster City Middle School. “After brainstorming ideas, the students chose a theme for their project, drew their idea on paper and transferred it onto clay,” teacher Heidi Kayser. “The students sculpted ...