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Fuller Hall indoor swimming pool open for business

It’s the end of the summer season when the outdoor swimming pool closes. But for those who love the languishing strokes of swimming in the water, the indoor pool is now open for use. For those who still enjoy the combination of heat and water, the city Splash Pad will be open until September 8. The indoor pool opened last week and there are opportunities for family swimming times, Adult swimming, Aqua Size and Aqua Zumba according to Breanne Lesher. The schedule is: Adult lap swimming: Monday through Friday: Hours 6-8 p.m.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Family ...

G’day

Bounce on into the Library today The Kendall Young Library will host a two hour special program to celebrate the new school year on from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.tonight. Families and friends are invited to gather for outdoor fun, with multiple inflatable obstacle courses, outdoor yard games, hot dogs and snacks. It is also a perfect time to get a new library card, or to renew an old one, in addition to reviewing all the things the library has to offer. This is a free event and open to all. Day Okay Jazz Project Garden Party to be Saturday night. The Richard C. Carlson Garden, ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

Turning for Sept. 3 1931 Hamilton County boys win second place at State Fair Hamilton county’s hog valuation team at the state fair yesterday won second place, first going to Grundy County. The Hamilton county team is composed of John Fowler of Blairsburg, and Ralph Shaffer and Raymond Cheever of Webster City. Fowler and Shaffer were also among the individual high ten. Old fishing gang has fish dinner at Kendall Young The old fishing gang which has always celebrated the birthdays of its members had a fish dinner at Kendall Young park last evening in honor of R.E. Channer, of ...

Turning the Pages of Time

1926 Murray McMurray wins on birds at State Fair Murray McMurray, who exhibited eleven birds in the state fair poultry show, received eight prizes. His pen of five Jersey Black Giants was awarded second. He also won first cock and first hen for the Black Cochin bantams and second cock for Partridge Cochin bantams. 1941 Blairsburg Happy Hustlers team wins contest at fair Ariole Bottorff and Donna Jean Daniels, members of the Blairsburg Happy Hustlers 4-H demonstration team, won first place in the contest at the county fair with their demonstration on “Braided Rugs.” Their ...

Hamilton County 4-H Clover Kids create care packages for hospital

With funding from the Iowa 4-H Foundation, the Hamilton County Clover Kids had the opportunity to give back to children in Hamilton County through a hands-on service project benefiting the local hospital. Youth worked together to assemble 73 care packages for children staying in the ...

The needs never diminish at The Cat Hut

There is not a shortage of cats in Webster City. Just ask the friendly ladies at The Cat Hut, the local adoption center which is part of Hamilton County Animal AdvoCATes. The mission of the AdvoCATes started as a Trap—Neute —Return organization to combat the cat overpopulation crisis ...