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Opening night for Birthday Club is Friday

With opening night just a few nights away, it’s time to get your tickets for the fall production of Birthday Club, being performed at the Webster City Community Theatre. The theatre is located at 1001 Willson Avenue. Birthday Club is a comedy by playwright Phil Olson. The comedy follows five women who celebrate their birthdays together. With plenty of laughter, and tears, they share their joys, frustrations, surprises and challenges that come with friendship and life. Filled with humor and heart, the play celebrates the special bonds that sustain us through life’s many ...

The Doodle Bugs are here

The Ed Prince building at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds is quickly filling up with the cherished scooters from the past, as the 40th annual Doodle Bug reunion brings together the members back to the place where the ‘bugs’ were created. What a visitor to the fairgrounds is the ...

G’day

370th Street closed through Sept. 25 The Hamilton County Engineers department has announced that 370th St. between Ziegler Ave. and Zublin Ave. will remain closed until Friday Sept. 25. This is an extended closing due to weather delaying work while the Hamilton County Secondary road crews are replacing an old concrete bridge with a new CMP pipe. Forest Bathing program Saturday at Briggs Woods: The healing nature of nature is Saturday The Hamilton County Conservation office is hosting the program, “Forest Bathing: The Healing of Nature on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon. ...

“Just before the battle, Mother”

On Saturday, the Mulberry Center church, located in the Wilson Brewer Park, will be the site where O.J. Fargo will be presenting his program, “Just before the battle, Mother: A visit from a Civil War soldier.” The Wilson Brewer Park is located at 220 Ohio St. The program begins at 1 ...

Doodle Bugs invade Webster City for 40th year

For the 40th year, Webster City invites the Doodle Bug Club of America to take their scooters out of garages, storage units and backyards to travel to the town where it all began. Webster City. Gerald Huisman, President of the club, which has members from all over the country said they expect between 75 and 100 to attend the event which lasts through Sunday. Attendees this year will be coming from as far away as Alaska, California, New Hampshire, New York and Florida. In a presentation to the Webster City Women’s Club Monday, Huisman said they have individual members who live in ...

Lawsuits by VeroBlue dismissed by judge in recent ruling

A federal court has dismissed all of VeroBlue Farms, USA claims against four of the company founders. The suit was brought by the final investor Otto Happel, a German citizen and a resident of Switzerland on behalf of VeroBlue. The suits filed in 2022 by Veroblue Farms, USA, Inc. against four co-defendents; Leslie A. Wulf, Bruce A. Hall, John E. Rea and James Rea, (Founders) who were initial founders of the company, were dismissed in a judge’s ruling filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Sept. 3, 2026. The case was heard by the U.S. District ...