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Fuller Hall annual Halloween Party to be Saturday The Annual Halloween Party at Fuller Hall will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. This party is for children ages 12 and under. Games, crafts, coloring, face painting and a balloon artist will round out the activities for the day. This event is coordinated by the Webster City Recreation Department. Fall Sip & Paint will be Thursday The Legacy Learning-Boone River Valley Sip and Paint workshop will be held Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. During this workshop, artists are invited to bring photos of their favorite pet as ...

Mondays Principals

Sarah Nachazel Principal at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School Sarah Nachazel lives in Iowa Falls and this is her second year as Principal at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School and sixth overall in her career. Her favorite part of being Principal at her school is getting to work with her amazing students, staff, and families each day! She enjoys celebrating student growth and success, supporting staff, and partnering with families where every student can do their best! “One goal I continue to work on is to build a positive school community where our students can learn and ...

Next steps for new wastewater plant

City Manager John Harrenstein says Webster City’s new wastewater treatment plant will be, “the largest, most expensive public works project in memory.” If built for the estimated $31,881,680, there’s nothing in sight to rival it. The final design calls for both demolition and new construction. Significantly, it will be built under the Construction Manager-at-Risk system, one of the first such projects to be so-managed in Iowa. Demolition Comes First Before the 1939 construction of the city’s first wastewater plant, sewers emptied directly into the Boone River. The ...

Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig visits Storm Flying Service Thursday

Blue skies, and combines working the fields greeted Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig Thursday as he took a close look at the Storm Flying Service service to plant cover crops in the area. Steve and Mike Luedtke met Secretary Naig on the runway early Thursday, with the plane they use available ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1936 Annual Cornhusking Tilt is handicapped by poor stand of corn Archie Amundson of Radcliffe, today won the Hamilton county cornhusking contest when he nosed out Roy Wilson, Webster City, by a margin of 13.4 pounds net. An oddity in connection with the derby winners this year is that last year Amundson was second and Wilson third. Thus each moved up a notch. It is expected that Amundson will participate in the state contest Nov. 10 to be held near Newhall. Amundson husked a net of 1,497.6 pounds to win, whereas last year it took 1,750.2 net to give him second place. Corn this ...

Deadline for 2026 Gift Tree program is next week.

Applications for the 2026 Gift Tree Program (formerly Angel Tree) need to be turned in by Thursday, Oct. 29. The Gift Tree Program’s mission is to help families in need provide Christmas gifts for their children who are 18 years old and younger. If involved with this program in the past, note that there are some changes made to the Gift Tree Program. Eligibility for the program will now be based on income guidelines, and Upper Des Moines Opportunity will process all applications. The 2026 suggested spending limit is $100 per child, so please adjust your child’s wish list ...