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There is a new events coordinator for the Briggs Woods Conference Center. The Hamilton County Conservation Board on Thursday morning accepted the hiring of  Bailey Morton to oversee the operations for events such as wedding […]

There will be a meeting of the Hamilton County Board of Health set for this Thursday afternoon,July 20 at 5:15 in the hospital board conference room. The agenda includes a look at a home health […]

The July meeting for the Webster City Park and Recreation Commission will be this Thursday afternoon at 5:15 in the Sampson Room of the Fuller Hall Recreation Center. The board will receive reports concerning the […]

There will be a meeting of the Wilson Brewer Historic Park Committee on Tuesday,July 18 at 10:00 in the Webster City city council chambers. The comittee will take a look at the 2023 park season, […]

The July meeting of the Kendall Young Library board is scheduled for this Monday evening at 6:00 in the library meeting room on Willson Avenue. The board will look at the library’s financial report for […]

Following a lengthy investigation into the July 2, 2023 shooting incident at 408 Grove Street in Webster City, an arrest has been made. Investigators were able to conclude that Cory Lee Joseph Cebula (25) falsely […]

On July 14, 2023 an Officer with the Webster City Police Department observed a wanted individual walk into a residence located at 303 Broadway Street in Webster City. The officer was able to identify the […]

On July 14, 2023 at approximately 1440 hours Webster County Deputies were dispatched to meet with a 17-year-old male juvenile in Gowrie. The juvenile reported that he was in an altercation with his father at […]

Iowa Central Community College honored its Radiologic Technology graduates with a pinning ceremony Wednesday evening, July 12 at the Bioscience and Health Sciences Building Auditorium on the Iowa Central campus in Fort Dodge. Clinical Coordinator […]

At a Thursday evening  meeting,the South Hamilton Community School Board appointed Lisa Ziesman as board secretary/treasurer for the district. Siesman takes over for retiring school secretary treasurer Janet Greufe. Ziesman was administered the oath of […]

The Hamilton County Peace Officers Association honored the family of Austin “Melvin” Richardson in a ceremony Saturday morning at the Briggs Woods Golf Course south of Webster City. Over 35 teams are competing in the […]

There will be two public hearings facing the Webster City city council at this Monday evening’s meeting starting at 6:00 in city hall. The first hearing is for the propsed plans, specifications, form of contract […]

At their meeting this week, the Jewell city council reviewed the sealed bids for a five year recycling contract with the city beginning September 1,2023. Bids were received from The Trashman and American Sanitation. The […]

The Enhance Hamilton County Foundation has announced that they awarded out $20,386 in Hamilton County SEED Catalyst Fund grants for second quarter 2023 to the following recipients: Stratford Library (Stratford) – digital archives – $1,000 […]

The next meeting for the Wright County Board of Supervisors will be Monday morning,July 17 at 9:00 in the downstairs board room of the courthouse in Clarion. Monday’s agenda include the acceptance of the quarterly […]

When the Webster City Community School Board meets for its July session this Monday evening,July 17 at 6:00 p.m.., there will be a new face. Matt Berninghaus will be in charge of the meeting as […]

A former Franklin County attorney was sentenced to four years in prison for sexual crimes on Tuesday of this week. 74-year-old Daniel Wiechmann,Jr has been convicted of three misdemeanors including two counts of assault with […]

Details of a two vehicle accident at 1:55 Tuesday afternoon at the 151 northbound mile marker of Interstate 35 in southeastern Wright County were released Thursday morning by the Fort Dodge office of the Iowa […]

A Franklin County man who distributed methamphetamine was sentenced June 28, 2023 to 8 years in federal prison. 38 year old Santiago Ramirez of Hampton  received the prison term after a February 9,2023 guilty plea […]