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Webster County supervisors to appoint new auditor July 28

The Webster County Board of Supervisors will appoint a new county auditor later this month, and residents interested in the job have until Friday to apply. The vacancy follows the resignation of Auditor Shaunna Abrams, who submitted her resignation letter July 10, giving the board seven days’ notice. The supervisors will meet at 10 a.m. July 28 to make the appointment, according to a notice issued Thursday by board Chair Austin Hayek. Whoever is selected will serve on an interim basis, holding the office until a candidate is elected in the Nov. 3 general election, under the state ...

Before the fair wakes up

By 6 a.m, the Webster County Fairgrounds are already alive. Fans hum inside livestock barns. Hoses spray down cattle and hogs. Buckets rattle against concrete, and sleepy-eyed 4-H and FFA exhibitors move from stall to stall, checking feed, filling water buckets, and preparing for another ...

Badgerfest set for Saturday

BADGER — “One day, one community, one big celebration” is the theme of Badgerfest 2026 to be held Saturday. The event will feature a parade, kids games, live music and a car, truck and motorcycle show. The action will begin at 10 a.m. on the Main Street Stage, where the grand ...

USDA to support project at Algona hospital

ALGONA — The radiology department of Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona will be updated with a boost from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. That financial support is coming in an indirect way, however. USDA Rural Development Iowa Director Mike Sexton reported that the agency is making two $300,000 grants to two local entities which will in turn loan money to the hospital. Cornbelt Power Cooperative in Humboldt will receive one of the grants. That money will be used to replenish an existing revolving loan fund it administers. Once the ...

Go and Do: July 17, 2026

Around the area LAKE CITY — Village Square Theatre is presenting “The Misadventures of Romeo and Juliet,” a Summer Children’s Theatre production, at 7 p.m. TODAY and 2 p.m. SUNDAY at the South Central Calhoun High School Auditorium, 709 W. Main St., in Lake City. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the door. During this performance, the audience will witness the final dress rehearsal for “Romeo and Juliet” where the director is trying to direct egos, stagehands, stage managers and lost actors moseying into the wrong ...

Heat wave greets 2026 Webster County Fair

As the heat index climbed to 95 degrees Wednesday afternoon, Webster County Fair Manager Heather Stewart wasn’t watching the thermometer, she was hauling fans into the goat barn, angling them toward the stalls as the first livestock arrived. The 2026 Webster County Fair opened amid high ...