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Charles Gangestad
Charles Gangestad, 90, of Clarion, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at his home in Clarion. Funeral services for Charles Gangestad will be held on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Holmes Lutheran Church, […]
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Hamilton County Supervisors to meet Tuesday morning at 9:00.
The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday morning,October 26 at 9:00 in the downstairs conference room of the courthouse. The agenda will include a COVID-19 update, a quarterly report from the county recorder […]
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Webster City Community School Board to meet Monday evening, October 25.
The latest enrollment figures for the Webster City Community Schools will be presented to the local school board at their meeting this Monday evening at 6:00 p.m. There will be the approval of the four […]
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Hamilton County Conservation Board to meet October 28.
The Hamilton County Conservation Board will meet Thursday,October 28 at 9:30 at the Briggs Woods Golf Course Clubhouse. The board will review the report on operations at the golf course this year as the season […]
Obituaries
Monique Bachelder
Monique M. Bachelder, age 81, formerly of Camanche, IA, died on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, IA. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, […]
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Waneta Hall
Waneta Hall, 85, of Webster City, Iowa died on July 7, 2021, at Windsor Manor, in Webster City, IA. A Visitation will be held from 9:00-10:30 AM, on Saturday, July 17, 2021, at the Community Church […]
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Don Bottorff
Don Bottorff, 78, a long-time Webster City resident and attorney, died Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at Paula J. Baber Hospice Home. A Coffee for Don will be held Friday, June 18, 2021 at Briggs Woods […]
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South Hamilton school board accepts resignation of Woodley as secondary principal.
At a special meeting this week, the South Hamilton school board accepted the resignation of Jason Woodley as the principal of the middle school/high school building. Woodley has been the principal for the past year. […]
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Susan Beyer
Susan Beyer, age 76, of Jewell, IA, passed away on Monday, May 31, 2021 at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, IA. A flowing visitation will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 PM on […]
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Flo Stein
Flo Stein, 77, of Webster City died Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Van Diest Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at a 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center.
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Anonymous donation for EHCF food pantry challenge.
The Enhance Hamilton County Foundation (EHCF) announced that they recently received a second donation of $10,000 by the same anonymous donor from 2020 to benefit the food pantries throughout Hamilton County. The donor stated they […]
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Webster City schools to honor five retiring staff members on May 27.
An open house to honor the retirement of five Wester City Community School staff members will be held Thursday,May 27 at 3:45 p.m. at the Webster City middle school commons. Those retiring are Karen Anderson, […]
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Railroad repair work to start Monday at the Tasler crossing in Webster City.
Beginning on Monday, May 3 and continuing through Friday, May 7, CNN Railroad announces the Tasler Crossing at Clark Mollenhoff Dr. will be closed for construction and repairs.If anyone has questions, please contact the Public […]
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Longtime Webster City optometrist dies at 97.
With a gentle smile on his face Caryl Hollingshead [97 years old] joined the angels on Maundy Thursday, April 1, 2021, surrounded by his children at their family home. Caryl ‘Doc’ was born in Russell, […]
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Webster City Morning Kiwanis announces scholarship winners for 2021.
Jeanne Hill of the Webster City Morning Kiwanis Club announced this week the 2021 college junior/senior scholarship winners. The scholarships are in the amount of $500 each. The Main Street Kiwanis Scholarship Committee selected the […]
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Gladys Dyvig Culmer
Gladys Dyvig Culmer, 94 of Webster City, died Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Southfield Wellness Center . Private family funeral services will be held with Pastor Gina Sterk, officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul […]
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Webster City Police planning B.L.U.E. program for eligible families this holiday season.
The Webster City Police Department wishes to announce the 2020 B.L.U.E. Christmas Program. Due to the COVID-19 virus, we are not able to shop with the children or have a party this year. Instead, members […]
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Helgevold and Rasmussen win re-election for Wright County Supervisor in Tuesday election.
Wright County voters on Tuesday re-elected two incumbent county supervisors. In unofficial returns, District 1 supervisor Republican Rick Rasmussen received 3, 317 votes with his Democratic challenger Jason Wessels received 2,719 votes. Republican Karl Helgevold […]
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Three Story City residents killed and two injured in Sunday evening crash in Hardin County.
Further details on Sunday evening’s motor vehicle accident at the 162 mile marker of Highway 20 in Hardin County north of Buckeye have been released by the Iowa State Patrol.Reportedly a 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche driven […]
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No Hamilton County Relay For Life this year.
Organizers for the annual Hamilton County Relay for Life announced Sunday that this year’s fund raiser for the American Cancer Society will not be taking place in Stanhope. The event was originally scheduled for June […]