Both of Iowa’s U.S. Senators and two Iowa congresswomen are asking for answers and upgrades after reports of technical delays in the National Weather Service warnings of severe storms that killed seven Iowans earlier this […]
Mitchell Wayne Koestner, age 52 of Webster City, IA, died Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March […]
Les Keeling, age 86 of Webster City, formerly of Brooklyn, IA, died Monday, March 14, 2022, at Southfield Wellness Community in Webster City. A Memorial Service will be held at 1PM on Friday, March 18, […]
Winnebago Industries celebrated a milestone today that the company says makes it the first in the recreational vehicle industry to reach. Winnebago spokesperson Kelli Harms explains. “We just produced the 500,000th motor home, and we […]
Volunteer registration opens today for this summer’s edition of Iowa Project AWARE, the 19th annual river cleanup event. Coordinator Nina Marquardt says this year’s effort will be on the West Fork of the Des Moines […]
The U.S. Senate has just voted to make next year’s switch to Daylight Saving Time permanent. A bill to end the twice-a-year changing of clocks in Iowa is moving through the state legislature, too. Senator […]
The experts are still studying the series of ten tornadoes that touched down in Iowa on March 5th, claiming seven lives and damaging or destroying dozens of houses. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U.S.D.A.’s […]
After announcing she was running for governor seven months ago, Democrat Deidre DeJear has now submitted 6600 signatures on nominating petitions, to place her name on Iowa’s June Primary ballot. “We just made history,” DeJear […]
The Iowa Workforce Development office announced today that Hamilton County saw a 4.0 percent unemployment rate for January. The unemployment rate for December,2021 for Hamilton County was at 3.5 percent with the January,2021 rate at […]
The Webster City Fire Department recently recognized Harrison Hayes as its Fireman of the Year for 2021. Local fire chief Chuck Stansfield stated that Hayes has been a member of the department for the past […]
At their recent meeting, the South Hamilton school board approved the district’s master contract for the 2022-23 school year. The contract includes $400 on the base salary. This is a 2.89 percent increase in salaries […]
Rural fire departments have been kept busy responding to field fires the past couple of days — especially in northwest Iowa where six of the ten active burn bans are in place. That includes Woodbury […]
A compromise plan to let all-terrain vehicles travel on more county and state highways has cleared the Iowa House. Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton said new safety measures are incorporated in his original plan. “At […]
The Iowa House has passed a bill that would open many of the videos, tapes and other materials in the Iowa PBS archives for public use. Representative Megan Jones of Sioux Rapids said the bill […]
A plan to revamp Iowa’s “Bottle Bill” has cleared its first hurdle in the Iowa Senate and key lawmakers vow this is the year they’ll approve changes in the system for redeeming the nickel deposits […]
Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in January, which was down from the revised December rate of 3.9%. Iowa Workforce Development says the leisure and hospitality industries added the most jobs in January — up […]
The March meeting of the Hamilton County Board of Health will be Thursday afternoon,March 17 at 5:15 in their office at 1610 Collins Street. The board will get an update on COVID-19 in Hamilton County, […]
State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald says he supports withdrawing any state investments in Russian companies, but it’s difficult to do today given the status of Russia’s economy. “The ruble has crashed and the stock market in […]
Regional air carrier SkyWest has announced they are planning to pull their commercial service out of Sioux City, Mason City, and Fort Dodge. Assistant city manager Mike Collett oversees the Sioux Gateway Airport and says […]
Democrats are considering a plan that could bump the Iowa Caucuses out of the first-in-the-nation position — and the party will be hosting three forums to give Democrats across the country a chance to weigh […]
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