Dozens of Special Olympics athletes from all over Hamilton County gathered Thursday morning for a lively send-off to the Special Olympics Summer Games. Athletes from South Hamilton Schools, Sunset Heights, Webster City Middle School and High School and Friends Forever Social Education Center ...
A series of Memorial Day observances are planned in communities all across Hamilton County on Monday. American Legion Post 191 of Webster City is seeking participants for the parade as well as individuals, organizations, or businesses who wish to help honor Memorial Day. Those who wish ...
STANHOPE — Jarod and Angel Peterson spent five years and looked at about thirty properties in a wide area as they searched for just the right place to open a small-town restaurant. Now that they finally found it, the result is called Our Place, an inviting, informal restaurant right ...
JunqueFest begins today and the streets of downtown Webster City will be filled with vendors selling a wide variety of goods. The event is open Friday from 12 to 7 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors started arriving Thursday to set up shop.
Six staff members in the Webster City School District were honored on Thursday with a retirement reception held at the Webster City Middle School. Pictured are retirees Steve Saathoff, Gary Scholtens, Dawn Scholtens, Lynn Corrow, Donna Bristow and Carolyn Day. The reception was hosted by the ...
Since March, Webster City has been the home to a young aspiring artist, Cord McMahon. McMahon is in Webster City as part of the artist in residence program sponsored by the Legacy Learning Boone River Valley. Maureen Seamonds, a local artist and owner of The Produce Station on Seneca ...
BLAIRSBURG — Declining enrollment will once again force the Northeast Hamilton School Board to make some tough decisions. At Tuesday's public finance meeting, Larry Sigel, a partner at Iowa School Finance Information Service, outlined NEH's financial situation. With declining ...
Parts of Second Street and adjacent streets in downtown Webster City will close today and will remain closed as organizers and vendors get ready for JunqueFest. Organizers said that as of 7 a.m. today, Second Street between Seneca and Prospect will be closed. Also closing are Seneca Street ...
The Iowa Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will be held this morning starting at Casey’s General Store on Second Street at 9:30 a.m. A ceremony at the Webster City Middle School will be held at 10 a.m. with Special Olympics athletes to speak to the crowd before parading ...
The University of Iowa College of Public Health has announced that Ann (Peters) Garvey is the recipient of the college’s 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award. The honor is given to individuals for accomplishments throughout their careers, to those who have attained widespread recognitions and ...
The following Webster City High School seniors were named as 3.75 Cessna Scholars: • Josie Asklund, daughter of Cassandra and Daniel Asklund, plans to attend the University of Northern Iowa to pursue a degree in elementary education. During high school, she was involved in football ...
Art comes in a variety of forms. Sculpture, painting, photography and more. In the case of one Webster City man, it’s found in ink. Ben Fox, owner of Underground Ink Tattoo, opened up shop in town in February. “My forte is tattooing,” Fox said. “I like to do high-quality work and ...
The Webster City Middle School held it's 3rd annual Toy Fair Tuesday. The toy fair was a class project where 7th graders created a motorized, gear driven toy and added a design to sell to a company. Parents, teachers and students were invited to see the wide variety of motorized toy ...
During the month of May, which is designated as Mental Health Month, Van Diest Medical Center is partnering with Senior Life Solutions to raise awareness and help fight stigmas, provide support, educate the public and advocate for equal care for those suffering from mental illness. Senior ...
Mental health providers gathered Tuesday morning during the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors meeting to witness the signing of a proclamation. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Patti Treibel Leeds, director of community services for Central Iowa Community Services in Hamilton ...
—Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Adri Sietstra Webster City Mayor John Hawkins read the Memorial Day Proclamation Monday morning at the American Legion Avenue of Flags Building at 800 Ohio St. Members of American Legion Post 191 were present as Hawkins proclaimed Monday, May 29 as Memorial ...
In just three days, vendors will begin filtering into Webster City for the Fourth annual JunqueFest. Organizers are expecting thousands of antique, junk and recycled goods fans to come to town to shop the more than 50 booths, This year, there's a change of venue. Vendors, food, and music ...
The Webster City School Board approved a tentative agreement with Webster City Educational Support Association Monday evening. The total package for wages is $60,500, a 2.65 percent increase. “That brings that contract into compliance with current legislation,” said Superintendent Mike ...
Friends, family, and faculty filled the Webster City High School Gymnasium Sunday afternoon to celebrate new beginnings for the Class of 2017. The district presented 138 diplomas. Two diplomas were presented to the family members of two seniors who were unable to be at Sunday’s event. ...
JEWELL — To the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” played by the high school band, the 58 graduating South Hamilton seniors entered the school gymnasium Sunday afternoon as students. When they left an hour later, they were alumni. On a cloudy, breezy day when the temperature was ...