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Hamilton County sheriff Doug Timmons announced Wednesday that 34 year old Kayla Lynn Reynolds was taken into custody on Tuesday night without incident. Reynolds was one of two people involved in an incident in Jewell […]

The Webster County community of Duncombe has a reason to celebrate in 2022.It’s their 150th birthday. The Duncombe Betterment Committee has announced the dates of July 15 to 17 for the community celebration. Further details […]

The City Council of the City of Webster City, Iowa, is seeking to fill a vacancy created by Council Member Brian Miller who resigned his seat effective February 8, 2022, due to moving outside of […]

One of the two individuals wanted by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department after an incident last Tuesday in Jewell was apprehended without incident on Thursday. 37 year old Christopher William Hawken is charged with Burglary […]

The Iowa Workforce Development office reported this week that Hamilton County experienced a slight rise in its unemployment rate for December,2021. The rate was at an even 3 percent. In November, the rate was at […]

Organizers of the Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) program have announced the next S.A.L.T. Meeting will be held Thursday, February 3, 2022, at the Montgomery Memorial Library in Jewell, Iowa. The event will begin […]

The next meeting of the Hamilton County Supervisors will be Tuesday morning at 9:00 in the downstairs conference room of the county courthouse. Tuesday’s agenda will feature an update on COVID-19 by public health director […]

At their January meeting on Friday morning the Hamilton County Conservation Board voted to recommend to the Hamilton County Supervisors to replace the Briggs Woods Golf Course irrigation pump house with a vertical turbine pump […]

The South Hamilton Community School Board Friday night approved the hiring of Dan Brodie as the new school athletic director. Brodie will succeed Todd Coy who will be retiring on May 31,2022. Brodie will continue […]

The members of the Kendall Young Library Board of Trustees will meet this Monday evening, January 24 at 6:00 in the library meeting room There will updates on the library’s COVID policy and budget. The […]

The first meeting of 2022 for the Van Diest Medical Center will be this Tuesday evening,January 25 at 6:00 p.m. through the Go To Meeting conference website. The agenda includes the approval of capital requests, […]

A special meeting of the Webster City city council has been called for this Monday evening,January 24 at 6:00 in the council chambers. The meeting will also be presented through the ZOOM conference system. One […]

There will be a special meeting of the South Hamilton Community School Board on Friday evening,January 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the middle school  high school board room. The agenda for the meeting is to […]

Iowa Central Community College has released the names of the Fall 2021 President’s List. In order to be named to the President’s List, a student must have a 4.0 grade point average in all academic […]

A man who received child pornography was sentenced December 3, 2021, to 10 years in federal prison. Billy Jack Canavan, age 48, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 9, 2021, […]

The Enhance Hamilton County Foundation has announced that it has granted out $7,378.51 from its Hamilton County SEED Catalyst Fund for the fourth quarter of 2021.   The four recipients of the grant are:   […]

A former Southeast Valley High School choir director has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee. 29 year old Brandon Edward Louis entered a second plea of not guilty […]

The first meeting of 2022 for the Webster City Park and Recreation Commission will be Thursday,January 20 at 5:15 p.m. in the Sampson Room of the Fuller Hall Recreation Center. The commission will be updated […]