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A ‘Peanuts’ gallery

WEBSTER CITY — Nearly 45 years ago, Webster City City Clerk Karyl Bonjour received a gift while performing in a musical at Dows Community High School. The musical was “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and the gift was a ceramic egg featuring Snoopy — the character played by ...

Rising above

EAGLE GROVE — Wayne Fuhlbrugge was angry when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. “I was mad at the doctor,” said Fuhlbrugge, of Webster City. “I said, ‘Who the hell are you to tell me this?’” And then, slowly, he began to accept his life with Parkinson’s as the ...

Tell me a story

Julie Thorson, president/CEO of Friendship Haven, will be the first person sharing a story with an audience from a comfortable seat in a big purple chair. Those who gather around to hear her in the Tompkins Center will hear a story from her childhood. “It involves a stick, a box and a ...

King Band Concert is March 15

The second in a series of three indoor concerts by the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will be held at 3 p.m. March 15 in the Decker Auditorium on the campus of Iowa Central Community College. There is no admission charge, with these concerts being provided free of charge to everyone ...

Sen. Joan Freeman to visit Emmetsburg as 2020 Irish dignitary

EMMETSBURG — Joan Freeman, a senator in the Irish Parliament, will preside over the St. Patrick’s Day festivities today through March 15 in Emmetsburg. The public is invited to meet Freeman at an open house from 3 to 5 p.m.. Thursday at St. Pat’s Headquarters. Irish Coffee and treats ...