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There will be another member of the Webster City City Council who will not seek re-election this November. Matt McKinney announced Monday evening he will be leaving the council at the end of this year […]

WEBSTER CITY- Monday’s agenda for the Webster City City Council will be a light one for council members when they meet at 6:00 p.m. at the Webster City city council chambers. The council will set […]

WEBSTER CITY- There will be a special meeting of the Hamilton County Conservation Board set for Wednesday,August 6th at 9:30 at the conservation office in Briggs Woods Park south of Webster City. The purpose of […]

CLARION-The next meeting for the Wright County Board of Supervisors will be this Monday morning, August 4th at 9;00 in the basement board room of the courthouse in Clarion. Wright County Communications Director Tiffon Pohlman […]

WEBSTER CITY- Webster City ended July with a month of above normal precipitation and normal temperatures. For the first time since 2010, Webster City had over 10 inches of rainfall on Radio Hill. A total […]

WEBSTER CITY-With the announcement this week of Logan Welch not seeking another term on the Webster City City Council,council member John Hawkins has announced he will seek another term in the November municipal election. Council […]

JEWELL-At this week’s Jewell City Council meeting, Jewell Mayor Mickey Walker and Public Works Director Terry Anderson attended a meeting with the officials of Iowa Rural Water. The city has been exploring the idea of […]

WEBSTER CITY-Lee Carlson, ARNP FNP-C, of Stratford, is the newest member of the Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC) provider team. He has been hired as a full-time provider in the Emergency Department.   Carlson is […]

WEBSTER CITY- A longtime member of the Webster City City Council announced Tuesday he will not seek a fourth term. Logan Welch will be stepping down from his council duties once his current term expires […]

FORT DODGE- Fort Dodge Police Tuesday morning charged two 18-year-old boys with numerous charges after an incident in the city. The Webster County Telecommunications Center received a call of an assault that had taken place […]

The annual Hamilton County Youth Shoot will be this Wednesday, July 30th at the Boone Valley Izaak Walton League at 2944 Fenton Avenue south of Webster City. Wednesday’s event will be from 4:00 until 8:00 […]

The August Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (SALT) meeting will be held Thursday, August 7th, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Stanhope Community Center, Stanhope. Refreshments will be served, and Van Diest Medical Center personnel […]

With one month to go before the start of the 2025-26 school year, area school districts have announced plans for registration. Webster City-You may register online at wcschools.org until Monday,August 4th. If you have any […]

A public hearing for the proposed increase in Jewell’s water and sewer rates will be set at this ( Monday) evening’s meeting of the Jewell City Council set for 7:00 p.m. in the Jewell City […]

The Hamilton County Conservation Board received an update on various projects in the parks at their Thursday morning meeting at Briggs Woods Park. The landscaping to the small cabins at Briggs Woods Park is complete. […]

The Webster City Hotel Motel Tax Board will meet this Wednesday evening,July 30th at 6:30 in the Webster City City Council chamber. The board will hear presentations from previous grant recipients of Hotel Motel tax […]

There was a light agenda for the Ellsworth City Council at a meeting held last Tuesday evening,July 22nd. The council rejected the bid for the 350 thousand gallons elevated water storage tank project. A new […]

Another meeting for the Wright County Board of Supervisors will be this Monday morning, July 28th at 9:00 a.m. in the courthouse basement board room in Clarion. The board will review and act on a […]

A special joint meeting between the Webster City City Council and the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors will be held this (Friday) afternoon in the Webster City City Council Chambers.The purpose of this meeting it […]