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Webster City Women’s Club will meet Monday

The Webster City Women’s Club will meet Monday, April 14, at the Jane Young House, 629 Elm Street, Webster City. This meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. Loween Getter will present a program: “First Ladies.” Any Hamilton County women are welcome to join in this event. The next open house ...

Make a Joyful Bid Pork Sandwich Supper

Faith United Church, 2020 Superior Street, will host Make a Joyful Bid Pork Supper and Auction on Saturday, April 12, at the church. The Pork Sandwich Supper is from 5 to 6 p.m. The cost is a freewill offering. The auction is from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. It will feature many unique items. “We ...

Readers Theatre returns to Webster City Community Theatre

Readers Theatre at Webster City Community Theatre has been a way for the organization to discover scripts that they might want to bring to the stage. Season after season, suggestions are made, scripts are read, and decisions are announced. One of those opportunities is scheduled for Sunday, ...

Kendall Young Library will host special events in April

Kendall Young Library will host a variety of special events in April. Historian Jeff Stein — Kendall Young Library will host Jeff Stein, historian and expert on Duane Ellett and Floppy on Saturday, April 5, at 3 p.m. His presentation “Where’s Floppy? Celebrating an Iowa Television ...

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Pace, Stoakes to wed

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Davis Pace Jr. of Brookhaven, MS., and Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Lamar Hood of Flowood,MS., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jesse Marie Pace to Daniel Lucas Stoakes, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Stoakes of Webster City, Iowa. The ...

Dawson, Van Diest to marry

Kali Dawson and James Van Diest of Webster City have announced their engagement. Kali is the daughter of Eric and Regan Dawson of Webster City. She is graduating from Iowa State University on May 8 with a double major in management information systems and supply chain management and an ...

Tharp, Mensing wed in Minnesota

Brianne Mensing and Matthew Tharp, both of Richfield, Minnesota, were married July 25, 2020 at Wood Lake Lutheran Church in Richfield, Minnesota. Parents of the couple are David and Debra Mensing, Bloomington, Minnesota, and Brad and Julie Tharp of Webster City. Kelsi Winter, sister of the ...

Klaver, Till to marry

Trevor Klaver of Irving Texas and Mallory Till of Bettendorf are engaged and plan to marry on August 8, 2020 in Davenport. Parents of the couple are Barry and Kristen Klaver of Kamrar and Terry and Mandy Till of Bettendorf. Trevor is a graduate of Northeast Hamilton and Iowa State ...

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Margaret Pruismann will celebrate her 100th on March 8

Margaret Pruismann, a longtime Webster City resident, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday, March 8. Consider this an invitation to shower her with cards. (Maybe 100?) Send cards to Margaret Pruismann, 2785 1st Avenue South, Room 183, Altoona, IA 50009-8823.

Chester (Chet) Robinson will celebrate his 90th on Sunday

Chester (Chet) Robinson, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate his 90th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 2, at the Webster City Links Golf Course, Webster City. Cards may be sent to him at 1425 N. 11th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501. No gifts, please. Chester was born on ...

Patty Cross will celebrate her 80th birthday

HAMPTON — Pat (Patty) Cross will celebrate her 80th birthday on November 30 at the Hampton Senior Center, 23 1st Street SW, Hampton. The party is from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Nate and Carrie Tagg welcome a daughter

Nate and Carrie Tagg of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, welcomed a daughter, Claire Elizabeth Tagg, on March 11, 2025, at Penn Medicine Women’s & Babies Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has a sister, Jane, 6. Claire weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz. and was 19 inches long. Claire’s ...

Tague family welcomes a daughter

Jackson and Katie Tague, of Webster City, welcomed a daughter, Mavis Kae Tague, August 30, 2023, at Iowa Specialty Hospital, Clarion. She has a brother, Lucian, 9. Grandparents are Jeanne Heller, Don and Anna Tague, and Angie and Joseph Arbaugh, all of Webster City.

Hayes family brings son into the world

Hunter and Miranda Hayes, of Webster City, welcomed a son, Beckett Wade Hayes, to the world on June 20, 2023, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. Beckett’s birth weight was seven pounds, three ounces. Beckett’s grandparents are Brandon and Charity Hayes of Webster City, Rodney ...

Smith family welcomes son

Elizabeth Smith and Reece Smith, of Webster City, brought a son, Jacob Williams Smith, into the world on June 14, 2023, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. Jacob’s birth weight was seven pounds, 5.6 ounces. His older siblings are Reece Smith Jr. (seven years old) and Lucas Smith (five ...