The Webster City Post Office and its letter carriers is asking the community to help support our neighbors in need with the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" day this Saturday,May 11. Residents are asked to please their non-perishable food items by their mailbox on Saturday. The letter carriers will pickup the food items to be delivered to the Upper Des Moines Opportunity food pantry. In addition, residents can drop off the non perishable food items in a postal hamper in the box lobby of the Webster City Post Office until Saturday. The cooperation of all residents would be appreciated in making the food drive a success. 

 A one car accident southwest of Jewell on Poplar Grove Avenue Wednesday afternoon was investigated by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department. Reportedly a 2003 Ford Focus driven by  Matthew Wallen of Kamrar was traveling south when he lost control of his car due to loose gravel.The Wallen vehicle then entered the west ditch where it then came to rest. The driver escaped injury. Investigating deputy Gary Johnson estimated the damage to the Wallen car at $5000.

 The Iowa State Patrol investigated a two vehicle accident at mid afternoon Friday on Hardin County Road D-20 and Highway 941 near Alden. Reportedly an eastbound 2000 Ford Mustang driven by Kylee Walker of Alden failed to maintain control of her car and drove onto the shoulder of the road. Walker over corrected the car and drove into the path of a westbound 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by Roberto Chavez of Clarion. Both drivers were treated at the scene  by AMR and Alden ambulance departments. Kylee Walker was charged with Failure to Maintain Control and Roberto Chavez was charged with having no vehicle insurance.

The public is invited to join the Friends of Little Wall Lake and Boy Scout Troop 520 to help clean up the shores of Little Wall Lake on Saturday,May 11. The group will gather at the South Boat Ramp at 9 a.m. and begin collecting trash along the shore and in the shallow water. The public is asked to bring trash bags and gloves. If you have a flat bottom boat that you can pull along in the water, it would be most welcome. Friends of Little Wall Lake is a volunteer non profit group dedicated to improving conditions at Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County. The goal is to ensure that the lake remains a recreational vacation destination for all who wish to come and enjoy the area. The organization recently received an Enhance Hamilton County grant to help pay to pump water into the lake this spring and bring the water level back up so it's safe for boating and recreation activities.

 Power Up YOUth invites the community to attend a Community Cafe set for 7:00 this Monday evening at the Whoop-ti-doos and La-ti-daas. The Community Cafe is an opportunity for people to connect and share ideas in a relaxed setting. It can lead to new perspectives on issues and stronger connections between community members. The emphasis is on understanding and not persuasion.This program is expected to last for 90 minutes. It is free and open to the public.

 A brief agenda will face the members of the Wright County Board of Supervisors at their meeting set for Monday morning at 9:00 in the supervisors board room. Wright County Engineer Adam Clemons will review and take action on a resolution for a change in the 2014 Fiscal Year budget cost estimate for a bridge project. A fireworks permit will be approved. A quarterly revenue report for the Wright County Recorder will be presented plus other matters. 

A great turnout was noted for Saturday night's Friends of St. Thomas Aquinas School Ball held at the Parish Center. A total of $161,500 was raised to help benefit the parochial school in Webster City. Those attending enjoyed a meal, live and silent auction, music for dancing by In Your Ear Mobile Sound,and the heads or tails game. The winner of the raffle prizes are Brett Knutson,Jr. of Fort Dodge winning $1000 in SCRIP gift cards, a 55 inch LG HD TV was won by Jim and Judy Bergkamp of Webster City and the winner of $10,000 was Lisa Dorothy.

 The next Webster City City Council meeting is set for this Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the council chambers. The agenda will include the first reading of a proposed ordinance for adding a No Parking Zone on the east side of Lynx Avenu. A motion to enter into an agreement with the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors regarding perpetual care on 71 veterans grave sites at Graceland Cemetery will be considered. There will also be a motion on a request to contract pothole patching on designated streets. In other matters, the Webster City City Council on Monday will make a motion on a request from the Water Superintendent to accept an Energy Efficiency Block Grant form the Iowa Economic Development Authority in the amount of $40,550 in connection with High and Low Service Pumps for the Water Plant.A request to hire Synergy Contracting LLC to add an isolation valve to the outside of the Water Treatment Plant. The council will consider a resolution establishing a nuisance at 605 Second Street and ordering the abatement thereof within 30 days. A Community Technology Plan will be presented to the council. In other matters the Webster City City Council will make a motion to consider the Superior Street Sidewalk and Trail Project followed by a motion on a request for proposals for a housing project in the community. The council will meet in closed session to discuss the purchase of particular real estate in the community. Monday's council meeting will be telecast on cable channel 12 at 7:00 p.m.

The date of May 2,2013 will be one that north central Iowans won't forget for a long time. Seven inches of wet heavy snow was dumped on the Webster City area causing downed tree limbs and scattered power outages. Classes in many area school districts were cancelled. The majority of spring sporting events for today are either postponed or cancelled. Residents are using their snow blowers for hopefully the final time this season. There is still a possibility of snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning. Rain is in the forecast for Saturday. Temperatures are forecast to be in the 60s by early to mid next week. 

 The Northeast Hamilton Community School Board Tuesday evening formally accepted the resignation of Pat Hocking as principal and superintendent. Hocking will be the new superintendent of the Lisbon school district beginning July 1. Hocking has been employed at Northeast Hamilton since 1994 as its principal in grades K through 12. The board will begin advertising for the superintendent's position followed by selecting the prospective candidates and the interviews that will be taking place. It is hoped a new superintendent will be in place by this July. The board also accepted the resignation of business manager Susie Fiscus. Fiscus will join her husband as he is relocating to Connecticut for a new job. The resignation will take effect at the end of the current school year.