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CORRECTION Election day is Tuesday, November 3. Early voting is available now at the Hamilton County Courthouse during their regular hours, and will be open on Saturday, October 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The deadline has passed to be mailed an absentee ballot. 466 absentee ballots were mailed out on October 15. The election day was reported wrong in the October 15 article about early voting. The Freeman Journal regrets the error. Open House at Windsor Manor Thursday and Saturday An open house will be held on Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at ...

Know your merchants puzzler – Day #4

There are only two more days of the merchant puzzler, with today's issue and Thursday's newspaper the final issues with Webster City businesses featured as part of our puzzle. Starting with last Friday's newspaper and the publication Our Hometown that was inserted, readers can be part of a scavenger hunt style puzzle that begins now and concludes at the end of Ladies Night Out on Thursday. We have included photos of business owners and employees who are participating with the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce, Ladies Night Out event, that are not identified with a cutline. ...

Bomgaars Ladies Night Out is November 1

Bomgaars is once again bringing its annual Ladies Night event to the community, combining an evening of fall shopping, festive fun and giving back to local organizations. On Sunday, November 1, from 5–8 p.m., Bomgaars customers at all locations will have the opportunity to enjoy special savings, giveaways and an evening dedicated to supporting the communities Bomgaars is proud to serve. As part of Ladies Night, 5% of the evening’s sales will be donated to a local charitable organization in each Bomgaars community. This year, The Gabrielson Clinic has been selected as the ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1941 Miss Lyon and W.F. Hunter to give sketches The Hamilton County historical society, which was organized here early in September, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Kendall Young Library. After the business meeting there will be a program consisting of unpublished historical sketches relating to the real activities of this region in bygone days. Articles will be prepared by Miss Bessie Lyon, president of the society and W.F. Hunter, editor of the Daily Freeman-Journal, which was established in this city as a weekly paper in 1857. Hamilton County has a much better start than ...

Webster City Ministerial Association to hold Thanksgiving Service

The Webster City Ministerial Association is hosting a Community Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 8. This will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church located at 1229 Kathy Lane in Webster City. This will begin at 5 p.m. All are welcome to gather as a community of friends and neighbors to celebrate this month of gratitude for the goodness surrounding us. As the entire community of churches, civic and service groups, businesses, neighbors and friends take time to celebrate gratitude in the month of November, the Webster City Ministerial Association wants to kick it off with ...

As Iowa harvest picks up, state officials urge farmers to vote early

Corn and soybean harvest in Iowa is about 20 percentage points behind the five-year average pace, but is progressing after a wet September that stalled field work. Officials urged farmers Monday to fit voting into their busy harvest-season schedules. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 57% of soybean acres and 26% of corn acres have been harvested as of the Oct. 12 through Oct. 18 reporting period. The calculated five-year normal for the state shows 74% of soybeans and 50% of corn have typically been harvested by this ...