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Fuller Hall annual Halloween Party to be Saturday The Annual Halloween Party at Fuller Hall will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. This party is for children ages 12 and under. Games, crafts, coloring, face painting and a balloon artist will round out the activities for the day. This event is coordinated by the Webster City Recreation Department. Fall Sip & Paint will be Thursday The Legacy Learning-Boone River Valley Sip and Paint workshop will be held Thursday starting at 6:30 p.m. During this workshop, artists are invited to bring photos of their favorite pet as ...

Be frightened if you dare to miss “Ghouls’ night out”

In costume, or not, the “ghoul’s” will be out in force again on Friday, October 30, as the Webster City Women’s Club opens up the Jane Young House for a night of entertainment, snacks, games and a performance by the Over the Speed Limit players. The doors will open at 6 p.m. at the Jane Young House, 629 Elm Street, The play will start at 7:00 pm. Friday. Seating is limited to just 50 people, so reservations are necessary. The Webster City Women’s Club, which manages and maintains the Jane Young house, welcomes all “ghoul’s” for this special evening of fun designed ...

Area events announced for November

Fall Festival at St. Mary’s Church in Williams is November 1 The Fall Festival at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church will be held November 1 from St Mary Catholic Church is located at 404 4th St. in Williams. The drive-through meal consists of Chicken and Noodles (homemade), meat loaf, real mashed potatoes, home frozen sweet corn, salad and pie. The cost of the meal is $15 per person. St. Mary’s pickles will also be available for sale. Cars will line up at the church and parking in line usually occurs around the park. Please follow the signs and enter the church parking lot ...

Turning Back the Pages of Time

1926 Drama group to give plays The new drama department of the Women’t club will make its initial appearance Tuesday evening when it will present two one act plays in the auditorium of Lincoln High School. These plays will be open to the public. The evening’s program will be given under the supervision of Mrs. D. C. Chase, Jr., play chairman of the department, with Mrs. Mabel Von Court and Mrs. Dorothy O. Kamrar having direction of the plays. This department plans to give two other one act plays Feb. 15 under the direction of Mrs. R.M. Wildish and Mrs. Helen Scott and A[ril 28, ...

Klaver, Paschen vie for Iowa House of Representatives seat

Election day is a week away, and there is one very important local race, which is the Iowa House District 55 seat. The race for the House of Representatives seat for District 55, sees Cynthia Paschen and Beau Klaver both seeking to fill the position which has been held by Shannon Latham. Latham, who began representing this district in 2021, announced her decision not to seek re-election in the spring. Republican Klaver ran a successful race in the June primary. Paschen was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. House District 55 includes all of Franklin and Hamilton counties, ...

Have butter; will travel

There are times that our worlds are meant to collide. A recent presentation at the Wilson Brewer Park, through a Humanities Iowa program, was the result of such an event. And the collision brought together four strangers from different walks of life, who share a passion to educate and inform; never expecting a collision in Webster City. Sarah Pratt originally came to Webster City to see the giant Doodle Bug. The original scooters, made by Beam Industries, were less than three feet high. The sculpture downtown at City Hall Plaza, is nine feet tall. Roadside America calls it “the ...