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12/26/2025

Congratulations to Cole Nohrenberg on his selection to the 2026 Shrine Bowl. Cole will become the 17th Lynx Football player to play in the Shrine Bowl - an annual high school football game featuring the top seniors Iowa has to offer.

12/26/2025

Iowa Central Community College Earns Top Workplace Honors and National Recognition in Education

Iowa Central Community College has once again been recognized as a Top Workplace, marking four consecutive yearsof this distinction. In addition, for the first time, Iowa Central has earned a #9 ranking among educational institutions with 500–999 employees in the 2025 Top Workplaces awards. These honors reflect Iowa Central’s commitment to fostering a positive, supportive, and engaging work environment where employees are empowered to contribute meaningfully to the college’s mission....

Iowa Central Community College has once again been recognized as a Top Workplace, marking four consecutive yearsof this distinction. In addition, for the first time, Iowa Central has earned a #9 ra…

12/26/2025

Here is what Iowa can expect for temperatures and precipitation for the next 6 to 10 days in the latest outlook from the Climate Prediction Center released on Thursday, Christmas Day...

12/26/2025

Winter weather enters the mix once again this weekend beginning Saturday night. Rain will transition to a mix of snow and freezing rain, leading to slick spots and reduced visibilities from blowing snow

12/26/2025

Ellsworth Receives $6,000 Grant to Support Community Comprehensive Plan

The City of Ellsworth has been awarded a $6,000 Ripple Effect grant from Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association (ECTA) and Aureon to support the development of a new Comprehensive Plan that will guide the community’s growth and development over the next decade. The Comprehensive Plan is being developed by students from the Iowa State University College of Design and will serve as a 10-year roadmap addressing land use, housing, infrastructure, economic development, and quality-of-life priorities for Ellsworth....

The City of Ellsworth has been awarded a $6,000 Ripple Effect grant from Ellsworth Cooperative Telephone Association (ECTA) and Aureon to support the development of a new Comprehensive Plan that wi…

12/26/2025

Hamilton County Conservation to kick off 2026 with a Full Moon Hike next Saturday evening,January 3rd at Briggs Woods Park.

The Hamilton County Conservation Board kicks off 2026 with a Full Moon Luminary Night Hike. It will be held on Saturday evening, January 3rd at 7:00 p.m. If you wish to participate, you are asked to meet at the Conservation office to hike while discussing the full moon, constellations, planets and satellites. You will also learn about a smart phone app that helps you identify stars and planets in the night sky....

The Hamilton County Conservation Board kicks off 2026 with a Full Moon Luminary Night Hike. It will be held on Saturday evening, January 3rd at 7:00 p.m. If you wish to participate, you are asked t…

12/26/2025

Jewell City Council faces a light agenda for its final meeting of the year this week.

The Jewell City Council met for the final time in 2025 last Monday evening. Jewell Public Works director Terry Anderson informed the council that he has been spending a lot of time focusing on improving the water system, including the addition of an EWON communication system and a regal smart chlorine valve. The Jewell City Council will review the Pool Manager job description at their next meeting....

The Jewell City Council met for the final time in 2025 last Monday evening. Jewell Public Works director Terry Anderson informed the council that he has been spending a lot of time focusing on impr…

12/26/2025

12/26/2025

It's a sad day at KQWC Radio. Today marks the last day of playing your holiday favorites for another year. Since Thanksgiving Day we have been playing the favorites of the Christmas season which we hoped you enjoyed. A big thank you goes out to the many callers Christmas morning with your Christmas requests and with Pat Powers as your host. We will have it again next Christmas morning in 2026. We will put away the Christmas songs for another year at midnight tonight and back to the regular pop songs on KQWC FM 95.7 early tomorrow (Saturday) morning after midnight. THANKS for enjoying the sounds of Christmas on the radio this season. By the way....would you like a weekend of Christmas music next summer? Let us know and think about Christmas in July! Enjoy your weekend!

12/26/2025

It's the forecast that does not want to change! Dense fog continues to envelop the Webster City and Hamilton County on this early Friday morning at 3:15 a.m. with 33 degrees after a Christmas day high reading of 35 degrees on Radio Hill...and all the fog! The cloudy conditions will be in the Friday forecast with a high in the lower 40s. More clouds...and fog for your Friday night with a low in the mid 30s.. We will kick off the last weekend of 2025 tomorrow with clouds and...yup...more patchy fog. Highs in the upper 40s. Sunday will bring a slight chance of rain and snow with breezy conditions. Highs on Sunday in the mid 30s with falling temperatures by afternoon. We realize the fog will hamper the sunrise in Webster City but the sunrise time this Friday morning will be at 7:44 a.m. with the sunset time at 4:48 p.m. this afternoon. Here is the Friday weather forecast for the Webster City and north central Iowa area....
Hamilton-
Including the city of Webster City
237 AM CST Fri Dec 26 2025
..DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
TODAY...Widespread dense fog after midnight, then areas of dense
fog this morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog. Near steady temperature
in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.SATURDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy. Highs in
the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph after midnight.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
morning, then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Little or no
snow accumulation. Breezy with highs in the mid 30s. Temperature
falling into the lower 20s in the afternoon. Northwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow in the
evening. Windy and much cooler with lows 5 to 10 above. Chance of
snow 20 percent.MONDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy, cooler with highs around 20.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 10 above.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 30s.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10 above.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.

12/26/2025

Christmas Day in Hamilton County.

The fog of Thursday did not stop the joy and the spirit of the day in Hamilton County and Webster City. Christmas Day featured well attended worship services in many churches on Christmas Eve and a few on Christmas morning. The annual Christmas dinner at the Webster City Church of Christ drew a respectable turnout yesterday. Volunteers helped deliver meals to the shut ins on Thursday in Webster City....

The fog of Thursday did not stop the joy and the spirit of the day in Hamilton County and Webster City. Christmas Day featured well attended worship services in many churches on Christmas Eve and a…

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas, Cyclone Nation!

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