The Webster City Community School District’s fiscal year 2026 budget of nearly $39 million was approved by its Board of Education Monday evening after holding its final public hearing on the matter. That is almost $5 million lower than the actual school budget in 2024. The fiscal year 2026 budget is $38,999,136. It calls for a levy of 12.79 per $1,000 per taxable valuation of property for the Webster City school district. The levy for Northeast Hamilton is 11.09. Superintendent Matt Berninghaus explained: “If you take that $100,000 assessed value house on each one of these ...