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Webster City, IA — The Webster City Church of Christ warmly invites the entire community to gather for a free-will offering Community Thanksgiving Meal on November 27 at 1:00 PM, hosted at 900 Des Moines […]

The next meeting for the Ellsworth City Council will be on Tuesday evening, November 25th at 6:00 in the Ellsworth City Hall. The council will make an appointment to the Ellsworth Library Board, usage of […]

Jewell-The next meeting for the Jewell City Council will be this (Monday) evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Jewell City Hall. The council will consider a quote for an electric pump for the Jewell Public […]

The approval of plans, specifications and funding agreements for the Williams Overpass Bridge will be one of the agenda items at the Tuesday morning meeting of the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors. Tuesday’s meeting is […]

Motorists traveling on Interstate 35 near Williams may have seen some activity in recent weeks. For 45 years, the Boondocks Truck Stop was the place where truck drivers and motorists spent the night during times […]

The Iowa State Patrol investigated a two-vehicle accident at the northbound 141-mile marker on Interstate 35 near Williams at mid-morning on Thursday. Reportedly a northbound 2004 model Ford F-15 pickup truck operated by Brian Frye […]

The Wright County Board of Supervisors will meet this Monday morning, November 24th at 9:00 a.m. in the basement board room of the courthouse in Clarion. The board will take action on resolutions for the […]

With the change of seasons, the Hamilton County Conservation Board learned Thursday morning that the water to the camp sites at Bells Mill, Briggs Woods and Little Wall Lake is now shut off for the […]

WEBSTER CITY- A meeting of the Hamilton County Conservation Board will be held Thursday morning, November 20,2025 at the Hamilton County Conservation office at Briggs Woods Park south of Webster City. The board will review […]

WEBSTER CITY- The final meeting of the year for the Webster City Park and Recreation Commission will be this Thursday afternoon at 5:15 p.m. in the Sampson Room of the Fuller Hall Recreation Center at […]

  WEBSTER CITY | Jill Silver, BSN, RN, Van Diest Medical Center Surgery and Specialty Clinic Manager, was honored recently as she graduated from the Iowa Hospital Association’s Leadership Development Program.   In today’s health […]

A man who possessed an unregistered short-barreled firearm pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa. Jason Jay Hoogland, 38, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was convicted of one count of possession of an […]

A Fort Dodge man who sexually exploited several minors and distributed child pornography to children pled guilty November 12, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City. Pry’Shayn Mosley, 20, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was convicted […]

Daniel Smith, 38, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was sentenced on October 8, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City.  On May 20, 2025, Smith pled guilty to one count of illegal possession of firearms.  Smith […]

William Clark, Jr. 40, from Story City, Iowa was sentenced on October 7, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa.  Clark, Jr. was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl by pleading guilty […]

A man who possessed a stolen firearm as a prohibited person was sentenced November 13, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison. Jammonttay Coleman, 36, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term […]

The tie breaker for the three city council members in Kamrar in the November 4th city council election was decided by the Hamilton County Supervisors at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. There was a three-way […]

At their meeting back on Monday evening, the South Hamilton Community School Board met with three members of the FFA program to discuss their recent trip to Indianapolis for the group’s convention. The board from […]