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 ...
WEBSTER CITY — Love the soaps? Love a murder mystery with lots of laughs? Then Webster City Community Theatre’s “The Bold, the Young and the Murdered” has just what you’re looking for. The hunky hero has self-esteem issues, its villainous old man is more interested in soup, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 by the city of Fort Dodge. Conductor of the band is Jerrold P. Jimmerson, with Dr. David Klee as assistant conductor and Paul Bloomquist serving as announcer. This concert is the band’s traditional Irish concert in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Many familiar Irish tunes will be performed, ...
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 will be served. Freeman was born in Clontarf, Dublin, the sixth of eight children of Marie and John Lowe. She is married to Patrick Freeman and they have four children. After getting her degrees, she started her counseling experience with Accord and loved working with married couples. After a ...
