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Happily employed

WEBSTER CITY — There are not many who can say they have worked for 40 years for the same business. There are even fewer who can survive three transitions of ownership and also shift with the company during several moves. Mitch Young, shop foreman and master certified technician at Good ...

It’s official

WEBSTER CITY — This week City Manager John Harrenstein received a letter from Quest Site Solutions, confirming Webster City’s Gateway Industrial Park, the new and official, name for Webster City’s southeast industrial park, is now certified for development. Reflecting on the news, ...

UnityPoint to outsource some IT work

UnityPoint Health plans to transfer some of its information technology work to an outside contractor later this year in a move that will eliminate 207 jobs. It also plans a similar transition for what it calls its “revenue cycle” functions. Details of that process are being worked ...

Soldier Creek plans more bubbly wine

Soldier Creek Winery plans to increase its production of bubbly wines and hard cider. A recently awarded state grant will help the Webster County business pay for the machine that will enable it to do that. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship gave the winery a $12,500 ...

Gearing up to plant

Winter may still have some fury left, but Todd Christeson, agronomy manager at United Co-op in Webster City, is looking forward to serving customers when the soil warms and the tractors and planters hit the fields again. After years when central Iowa has seen frequent drought conditions, ...

Doster brings medical skills back to his hometown

When Michael Doster graduated from St. Edmond High School 16 years ago, he wasn’t planning on a career in medicine. He went off to college with other plans in mind. But once he got interested in caring for people he knew exactly where he wanted to do that — back home in Fort ...