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Hamilton County Supervisors meet this morning at the courthouse

The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors will meet this morning in the basement conference room of the Hamilton County Courthouse, 2300 Superior Street, Webster City. This meeting begins at 9 a.m. On the agenda are the Hill Farm Range, LLC; resolution on the Crossroads Subdivision First ...

Wilson Brewer Park Foundation Board to meet Wednesday

The Wilson Brewer Park Foundation Board will meet Wednesday in the Depot basement at the museum, 220 Ohio Street, Webster City. This meeting begins at 6 p.m. On the agenda is the park’s participation in the Festival of Trees; approval and signature of First Courthouse Change Orders # 9 ...

In Honored Glory

In one of America’s most hallowed spaces, it is the rarest of honors. To stride behind the rope line, escorted at every footfall by the finest sentinels of the U.S. Army’s renowned Old Guard, is normally something of presidents and dignitaries. To place a wreath at Arlington National ...

Meet The Teacher

Editor’s note: Here’s a daily introduction to 18 new teachers in the Webster City Community School District. Fast facts on Laura Pals ● Graduated from Belmond-Klemme High School; ● Graduated from Wartburg, Southwest Minnesota State University, and Buena Vista University; ● ...

A few facts on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

● Nov. 11, 1921, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated. Four unknowns were exhumed from four different American cemeteries in France. Caskets were shifted and rotated, with no trace remaining of which cemetery each had come from. A sergeant who had not been present for the moving of ...

Johnson shares his Marine history with his father

STANHOPE — Rory Johnson is a man who knows his own mind. Even decades ago, fresh out of high school with college scholarships waiting at his feet, he knew that college isn’t for everyone, and it definitely wasn’t for him. “I had a bunch of baseball scholarships,” Johnson recalled. ...