Nearly 30 individuals from around Iowa traveled north of Webster City Saturday to study the oxbow restoration work that has been done by Ray Fry, a local farm manager who started the project working with some state and federal agencies. The property which is now owned by Seldon Spencer, a ...
(photo by Robert E. Oliver) The home at 1111 Third Street, Webster City, most recently owned by Justin Culver, has not had utilities provided for over six months, and is abandoned. It was recently acquired by the city and will be demolished at taxpayer expense before the end of the year.
1926/100 years ago City council accepts gift of late P.M. Banks for fountain in city A fitting memorial to be dedicated to the “memory of deceased soldiers of the county” will be erected in the shape of a beautiful fountain in Graceland cemetery, according to the resolution unanimously adopted by the city council last night. The funds for such a memorial were provided for in the last will and testament of the late P.M. Banks, pioneer of Hamilton county and Civil war veteran, who also served for many years on the city council and as mayor and city clerk here. A committee was ...
Editors note: We asked three teachers for their thoughts. This is the second of a series of articles concerning the Webster City High School project; considering what is needed and how the building has functioned for the students, teachers and staff. A lot of good people are working on ideas for improving Webster City High School, if voters agree in a referendum scheduled for September 8, 2026. We wanted to make sure some of the people that would be most affected by any change in the building had their say – teachers. For this article, we turned to our second teacher with years of ...
Webster City’s Waste Water department participated yesterday in safety training with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Iowa Rural Water Association (IRWA), and representatives from surrounding communities. Webster City employees involved with the training were Plant Supervisor Nick Knowles, Chad Dingman, Logan Parker and Kiel Stupp. Attendees traveled from Stratford, Spencer, Des Moines, Mason City and Fort Dodge. Most of the participants were plant operators and others were with DNR, who coordinated the training. There were also a few people from Prestige of Eagle ...
Webster City Community Theatre has announced the cast for its September production of "Birthday Club", a comedy by Phil Olson. The play centers on five women who get together for their birthdays, each with her own story to tell and her own reasons for needing the friendship of the group. Through laughter, surprises, celebrations and the inevitable ups and downs of life, the "Birthday Club" offers a funny and heartfelt look at friendship and the people who are there for us through it all. The cast features: • Nichole Ose as Kathy • Rachel Derrig as Sarah ...
